Théodore Simon Jouffroy was a French Common Sense philosopher who was inspired by
Victor Cousin and
Charles Fourier. His emphasis on cooperation and harmony between individuals influenced the New England Transcendentalists, especially
George Ripley, in the development of Brook Farm. Jouffroy believed that the essential basis of truth can be obtained through common sense. He held that people can overcome their differences and stop fighting each other by acknowledging and understanding their dependence on individuality. Ripley translated two of Jouffroy’s treatises for his
Specimens of Foreign Standard Literature.