About Alfred Espinas
Lived 1844 – 1922 (aged 77). Alfred Espinas was a French philosopher, sociologist and literary translator.
Alfred Victor Espinas (23 May 1844 – 24 February 1922) was a French thinker noted for having been an influence on Nietzsche. He was a student of Comte and Spencer. Although initially an adherent of positivism, he later became a committed realist.
He died in Saint-Florentin, Yonne.
Works Des sociétés animales (1877) Les origines de la technologie (1897) La philosophie sociale du XVIIIe siècle et la Révolution (1898) Descartes et la morale: Études sur l'histoire de la philosophie de l'action (1925)
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Who was Alfred Espinas?
French academic (1844–1922)
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Alfred Espinas was born on 23 May 1844 in Saint-Florentin.
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Alfred Espinas died on 24 February 1922 in Saint-Florentin.
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Alfred Espinas was a philosopher, sociologist and literary translator.
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Alfred Espinas was French.
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