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Jean-Marie Guyau
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French writer and philosopher (1854-1888)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1854-10-28 ) 28 October 1854, Laval, Mayenne , France
- Died
- 31 March 1888 (1888-03-31) (aged 33), Menton , France
- Era
- 19th-century philosophy
- Region
- Western philosophy
- School
- Philosophy of life
- Main interests
- Metaphysics , ethics , aesthetics
- Notable ideas
- Morality without obligation
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jean-Marie
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Laval
- Place of death
- Menton
- Mother
- G. Bruno
- Occupation
- writer
- Employer
- Lycée Condorcet
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Field of work
- philosophy
- Image
- Jean-Marie Guyau.jpg
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- writing language
- French
- Commons category
- Jean-Marie Guyau
- date of birth
- 1854-10-28
- date of death
- 1888-03-31
- cause of death
- tuberculosis
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Jean-Marie Guyau
- Commons Creator page
- Jean-Marie Guyau
- contributed to creative work
- Popular Science
Sources (1)
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Works in European collections
5 objects attributed to Jean-Marie Guyau, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
El primer año de lectura corriente [Texto impreso] :]moral, conocimientos usuales, deberes cívicos : obra adornada con 88 viñetas instructivas y un léxico
La genèse de l'idée de temps. par M. Guyau ; avec une introduction par Alfred Fouillée
Esquisse d'une morale sans obligation, ni sanction : Par [Jean] M[arie] Guyau
Les problémes de l'esthétique contemporaine
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Encyclopedic overview
Jean-Marie Guyau (28 October 1854 – 31 March 1888) was a French philosopher and poet.
Guyau was inspired by the philosophies of Epicurus, Epictetus, Plato, Immanuel Kant, Herbert Spencer, and Alfred Fouillée, and the poetry and literature of Pierre Corneille, Victor Hugo, and Alfred de Musset.
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