?mile-Auguste Chartier (3 March 1868 ? 2 June 1951), commonly known as Alain, was a French philosopher, journalist, and pacifist.Alain entered lyc?e d'Alen?on in 1881 and studied there for five years. On 13 June 1956, the lyc?e was renamed lyc?e Alain, after its most famous student.After Alain qualified at the ?cole Normale Sup?rieure and received agr?gation of philosophy, he taught at various institutions, Pontivy, Lorient, Lyc?e Pierre Corneille in Rouen, and in Paris (Lyc?e Condorcet and Lyc?e 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 Lyc?e Henri-IV in Paris. He deeply influenced his pupils, who included Raymond Aron, Simone Weil, Georges Canguilhem, and Andr? Maurois. 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.He is buried in the P?re 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.
Fecha de nacimiento
1868-03-03
Año de nacimiento
1868
Fecha de defunción
1951-06-02
Año de defunción
1951
Era
20th-century philosophy
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