Fénelon (English spelling) François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon

French author and archbishop. Born into an old noble family in Périgord. He studied at the Collège de Paris, a Jesuit school, and then became a novice at the seminary. In 1668, he was appointed assistant priest at Saint-Sulpice Church and president of the New Catholic Church, and from then until 1689, he was involved in the education of women and girls who had converted to Catholicism after the repeal of the Edict of Nantes. Around this time, he was introduced to Madame de Maintenon as a disciple of Bossuet, and he became acquainted with the Duchesse de Beauvillier (1660-1733) and others, and published "Discourse on the Education of Women" (1687). In 1689 he was appointed tutor to the Duke of Burgundy, and in 1693 he was elected a member of the Académie Française, but was criticized for his friendship with ^Madame Guyon (1648-1717), an evangelist of mystical quietism, and wrote "Explanation of the Sayings of the Saints Concerning the Inner Life" (1697) to defend mysticism. The Pope condemned the book, and Fenelon was demoted to Archbishop of Cambrai, where he died alone. It was during these tense years that he wrote his masterpiece, "The Adventures of Telemachaud" (1699).

[Yuji Ueda December 12, 2017]

"On Women's Education" translated by Kyoichiro Shimura (included in "World Educational Studies Selection 11", 1960, Meiji Tosho Publishing)

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フランスの作家、大司教。ペリゴールの旧貴族の家に生まれる。イエズス会の学校、パリのコレージュで学んだのち、神学校で修練士となった。1668年サン・シュルピス教会助任司祭、新カトリックの会長に任ぜられ、以後1689年まで、ナントの勅令廃止で旧教徒に改宗した婦女子の教育に携わる。このころ彼はボシュエの弟子としてマントノン夫人に紹介され、ボービエ夫人Duchesse de Beauvillier（1660―1733）たちと交わり、『女子教育論』（1687）を発表する。1689年ブルゴーニュ公の師傅(しふ)に任ぜられ、1693年にはアカデミー・フランセーズ会員に選ばれるが、神秘思想キエティスム（静寂主義）の伝道者ギュイヨン夫人M^me Guyon（1648―1717）との交友を非難され、神秘思想を弁護するため『内面生活に関する聖者格言の解説』(1697)を著す。ローマ教皇はこの書に有罪判決を下し、フェヌロンをカンブレの大司教に左遷、孤独のうちに同地で没。代表作『テレマックの冒険』（1699）はこの緊張した歳月の間に書かれた。

［植田祐次　2017年12月12日］

『志村鏡一郎訳『女子教育論』(『世界教育学選集11』所収・1960・明治図書出版)』

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