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French academic
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Birth:
23 May 1844(Saint-Florentin, France)
Death:
24 February 1922(Saint-Florentin, France)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Alfred Victor Espinas (23 May 1844 – 24 February 1922) was a French thinker noted for having been an influence on Nietzsche. He was a student of Comte and Spencer. Although initially an adherent of positivism, he later became a committed realist.
He died in Saint-Florentin, Yonne.
Works
- Des sociétés animales (1877)
- Les origines de la technologie (1897)
- La philosophie sociale du XVIIIe siècle et la Révolution (1898)
- Descartes et la morale: Études sur l'histoire de la philosophie de l'action (1925)