Elme Marie Caro (March 4, 1826, Poitiers, Vienne – July 13, 1887, Paris), was a French philosopher.
n his philosophy be was mainly concerned to defend Christianity against modern Positivism. The philosophy of Victor Cousin influenced him strongly, but his strength lay in exposition and criticism rather than in original thought. Besides important contributions to La France and the Revue des deux mondes, he wrote Du mysticisme au XVIIIe siècle (1852-1854), L'Idée de Dieu (1864), Le Matérialisme et la science (1868), Le Pessimisme au XIX' siècle (1878), Jours d'épreuve (1872), M. Littré et le positivisme (1883), George Sand (1887), Mélanges et portraits (i888), La Philosophie de Goethe (2nd ed., 1880).