Jean Borella

Borella's works are inspired by Ancient and Christian Neoplatonism, but also by the Traditionalist School of René Guénon and Frithjof Schuon.

Borella's father, who was Italian, made a career in military aviation before his death in 1937 in an air crash, when Jean was seven years old.

Borella had a Catholic education and traditional public school secondary studies which reinforced in him the idea that he would be a defender of the faith.

[1] Two of Borella's philosophy professors had significant influence on him, Georges Vallin and Guy Bugault.

Borella graduated in 1953 with a degree in philosophy, and, in the same year, became familiar with Guénon, and then with Frithjof Schuon.