Vasile Conta
Romanian writer and philosopher

Vasile Conta

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Romanian writer and philosopher
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15 November 1845(Ghindăoani, Romania)
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21 April 1882(Bucharest, Principality of Wallachia)
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Romanian stamp, Vasile Conta, 1965

Vasile Conta ([vaˈsile ˈkonta]; Armenian: Վասիլե Գրիգորեիի Կոնտա (Գոնտա); November 15, 1845 – April 21, 1882) was a Romanian philosopher, poet, and politician.

He was born in Ghindăoani, a village in Bălțătești commune, Neamţ County.

He died in Bucharest.

Antisemitism

He was the true founder of the Romanian ideological antisemitism.His criteria were no longer those of a socioeconomic nature; they were derived from the "nationalities principle," nationalities as units of race and religion, forming the basis of existence of a state and a homogenous nation.