Paris 2015: Allan Kardec, Cimetière du Père-Lachaise #11

Allan Kardec's dolmen tomb. Any translation is my own. The top stone reads:

'NAÎTRE MOURIR RENAÎTRE ENCORE
ET PROGRESSER SANS CESSE
TELLE EST LA LOI'

'TO BE BORN TO DIE TO BE REBORN AGAIN
TO PROGRESS INCESSANTLY
SUCH IS THE LAW'

 

'ALLAN KARDEC
FONDATEUR
DE LA
PHILOSOPHIE SPIRITE
––––––––
TOUT EFFET À UNE CAUSE
TOUT EFFET INTELLIGENT
À UNE CAUSE
INTELLIGENTE
LA PUISSANCE DE LA
CAUSE EST EN RAISON
DE L'EFFET'

'ALLAN KARDEC
FOUNDER
OF THE
PHILOSOPHY SPIRITISM
––––––––
ANY EFFECT HAS A CAUSE
ANY INTELLIGENT EFFECT
HAS AN INTELLIGENT CAUSE
THE STRENGTH OF THE CAUSE
IS IN PROPORTION TO

THE MAGNITUDE OF
THE EFFECT'

 

Allan Kardec (1804–69) was born Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail. He was a teacher and also the founder of the philosophy Spiritism, which is still followed internationally today. He changed his name in 1855, the same time as he discovered turning tables. His principal written works are Le Livre des Esprits (1857) and Le Livre des médiums (1861).