He wrote a number of books related to religion and philosophy.
He published the beginning of a study on grammatical construction, which is regarded for its historical development.
By 1877, he became a lecturer in Sorbonne, and in 1885, he was appointed as a professor of Sanskrit and comparative linguistic.
His work has influenced people such as Sylvain Lévi, Paul Mus, and others.
[6] One review described his book La Religion Védique D'après Les Hymnes Du Rig-Veda as "an acute, careful, and comprehensive work by an able scholar.