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Also known as Jean-Gaston Hyppolite

French philosopher (1907–1968)

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Died
1968
Works
29

Top works

  • Genèse et structure de la Phénoménologie de l'esprit de Hegelmicroform
  • Charles Peguy
  • Hegel
  • Figures de la pens�e philosophique [2 volumes]
  • Sens et existence dans la philosophie de Maurice Merleau-Ponty / par Jean Hyppolite

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
France
Active from
1844
Active to
1917

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Key facts

Born
8 January 1907 ( 1907-01-08 ) , Jonzac , Poitou-Charentes , France
Died
26 October 1968 (1968-10-26) (aged 61), Paris, France
Alma mater
École Normale Supérieure
Doctoral advisor
Émile Bréhier
Era
20th-century philosophy
Region
Western philosophy
School
Continental philosophy
Institutions
University of Strasbourg , University of Paris , École Normale Supérieure, Collège de France
Doctoral students
François Châtelet
Notable students
Gilles Deleuze , Jacques Derrida , Michel Foucault
Main interests
History of philosophy
Notable ideas
Correlating Hegel 's Phenomenology to his Logics

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Encyclopedic overview

Jean Hyppolite ( French: [ʒɑ̃ ipɔlit]; 8 January 1907 – 26 October 1968) was a French philosopher known for championing the work of G. W. F. Hegel, and other German philosophers, and educating some of France's most prominent post-war thinkers. His major works include Genèse et structure de la Phénoménologie de l'esprit de Hegel (1946) and Études sur Marx et Hegel (1955) and the first translation of Hegel's The Phenomenology of Spirit into French in 1939.

Life and career

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