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Ignace Lepp

Ignace Lepp is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Ignace Lepp rather than just read about it. In short: Ignace Lepp (born John Robert Lepp; 26 October 1909 in Orajõe, Pärnu County, Livonia, Russian Empire – 29 May 1966 near Paris, France), was a French writer of Estonian origin. Despite his claim to have been the son of a naval captain, born aboard a ship in the Baltic Sea where he was brought up by his mother together with his brother until he was five years old, this is not true.

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Reference excerpt

Ignace Lepp (born John Robert Lepp; 26 October 1909 in Orajõe, Pärnu County, Livonia, Russian Empire – 29 May 1966 near Paris, France), was a French writer of Estonian origin. Despite his claim to have been the son of a naval captain, born aboard a ship in the Baltic Sea where he was brought up by his mother together with his brother until he was five years old, this is not true. He was in fact the son of Tõnis Lepp and Anna Jürgenson, born in Orajõe village, in Häädemeeste Parish. He was given the names John Robert which were the first names of his godfather John Robert Birk. His godfather's father was indeed a ship's captain, and John Robert Lepp simply claimed his godfather's occupation as that of his father. His parents were farmers, not seagoing people. He gave an incorrect date of birth. He was born on 11 October 1909 and not 26 October that year.The difference in dates was probably due to the fact that many countries didn't adopt the Gregorian calendar until early 20th century, e.g., Russia after the October Revolution, Bulgaria in 1916, Greece in 1922. At the age of 15, he joined the French Communist Party after reading Maxim Gorki's The Mother, a novel which made a lasting impression on him and led him to abandon individualism as he himself recalls in the nearest we have to an autobiography From Karl Marx to Jesus Christ. According to his book Atheism in Our Time, Lepp was an atheist and Marxist for many years and claimed to have occupied important positions in the communist party with whom he later became very disillusioned. He then converted to Roman Catholicism and was ordained a priest in 1941. He wrote many non-fiction books including some about atheism, religion. He was a psychologist and psychoanalyst. He wrote among other books: The Ways of Friendship, The Psychology of Loving, The Authentic Existence, The Communication of Existences. He also wrote The faith of men; meditations inspired by Teilhard de Chardin (Teilhard et la foi des homme), about the French thinker Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.

Bibliography The Challenges of Life: Viewing Ourselves In Our Existential Totality, 1969 The Art of Being an Intellectual, 1968 The Depths of the Soul: a Christian Approach to Psychoanalysis, Staten Island, N.Y.: Alba House, 1966 (orig. Clarté et ténèbres de l’âme: Essai de psychosynthèse, Paris: Aubier, 1956) The Ways of Friendship, New York: Macmillan Co., 1966 The Authentic Morality, 1965 A Christian Philosophy of Existence, 1965 Atheism In Our Time, New York: Macmillan Co., 1963 The Psychology of Loving, 1963 The Christian Failure, 1962 Health of Mind and Soul, New York: Alba, 1966 (orig. Hygiène De L'Âme, Paris: Aubier, 1958) Death & Its Mysteries, 1968

References

External links Works by or about Ignace Lepp at the Internet Archive Time magazine from 1963

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Ignace Lepp

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Ignace Lepp claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Ignace Lepp before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Ignace Lepp ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Ignace Lepp

In research: Ignace Lepp appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Ignace Lepp in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Ignace Lepp is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1909 births, 1966 deaths, 20th-century French Roman Catholic priests, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Ignace Lepp outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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