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Alain | |
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Born | 3 March 1868 Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne, France |
Died | 2 June 1951 (aged 83) Le Vésinet, France |
Other names | Emile Chartier |
Education | École Normale Supérieure (B.A., 1892) ; National degrees: Baccalaureate in humanities and in sciences: agrégation de philosophie (competitive examination for national teaching licence) Sorbonne: license in philosophie |
Era | 20th-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Continental philosophy |
Academic advisors | Jules Lagneau[1] |
Main interests | Political philosophy |
Émile-Auguste Chartier (French: [ʃaʁtje]; 3 March 1868 – 2 June 1951), commonly known as Alain ([alɛ̃]), was a French philosopher, journalist, essayist, pacifist, and teacher of philosophy.