Ferdinand Buisson
Ferdinand Buisson
Ferdinand Édouard Buissonwas a French academic, educational bureaucrat, pacifist and Radical-Socialistpolitician. He presided over the League of Education from 1902 to 1906 and the Human Rights Leaguefrom 1914 to 1926. In 1927, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to him jointly with Ludwig Quidde. Philosopher and educator, he was Director of Primary Education. He was the author of a thesis on Sebastian Castellio, in whom he saw a "liberal Protestant" in his image. Ferdinand Buisson was the president of the...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth20 December 1841
CountryFrance
A human society obeys the dictates of reason and is guided and governed by a respect for justice.
From the day war conquered the skies, nothing could check its progress.
For a long time, it was believed that war was waged by armies which could not be identified with the nation itself. Professional soldiers took upon themselves the job of defending national interests, and it was understood that the war affected only them; the country itself went on living and working.