Émile Chartier

Émile Chartier

Alain in 1914
Born 3 March 1868
Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne
Died 2 June 1951
Le Vésinet
Other names Alain
Era 20th-century philosophy
Region Western philosophy
School Continental philosophy

Émile-Auguste Chartier (French: [ʃaʁtje]; 3 March 1868 – 2 June 1951), commonly known as Alain ([alɛ̃]), was a French philosopher, journalist, and pacifist.[1]

Alain entered lycée d'Alençon in 1881 and studied there for five years. On 13 June 1956, the lycée was renamed lycée Alain, after its most famous student.

After Alain qualified at the École Normale Supérieure and received agrégation of philosophy, he taught at various institutions, Pontivy, Lorient, Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen,[2] and in Paris (Lycée Condorcet and Lycée Michelet). From 1903, he contributed to several journals using his pseudonym, Alain. He was most commonly referred to as "Alain" by his pupils and peers. In 1909, he was appointed a teacher (or professor) at the Lycée Henri-IV in Paris. He deeply influenced his pupils, who included Raymond Aron, Simone Weil, Georges Canguilhem, and André Maurois.[1] Reviewing the beneficial effect he had on his former pupils Simone Weil and Simone de Beauvoir, professor John Hellman writes that Alain was the greatest teacher of their generation.[3]

He is buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery.

Among his most important publications are The Dreamer, 81 chapters about the spirit and passions, About Happiness, Mars, and The citizen against powers.[1]

Works (selection)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Foray, Philippe (1993). "ALAIN (1868-1951)" (PDF). Prospects: the quarterly review of comparative education (Paris: UNESCO: International Bureau of Education). XXIII (1/2): 21–37. doi:10.1007/bf02195023. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
  2. ↑ Lycée Pierre Corneille de Rouen - History
  3. ↑ John Hellman (1983). Simone Weil: An Introduction to Her Thought. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. p. 8. ISBN 0-88920-121-8.

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