About Ruy Fausto
Lived 1935 – 2020 (aged 85). Ruy Fausto was a Brazilian university teacher and philosopher.
Ruy Fausto (1935 – May 1, 2020) was a Brazilian philosopher who taught at the University of São Paulo.
Fausto was born in São Paulo, and received his Ph.D. from University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne in 1981. He was given the title of emeritus professor in 1998, by the University of São Paulo. With his thesis Marx: Lógica e Política (in English, Marx: Logic and Politics), he was considered one of the main Brazilian marxist theorists. He was the brother of historian Boris Fausto and pathologist Nelson Fausto. He died on May 1, 2020, in Paris, France, after having a heart attack.
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Who was Ruy Fausto?
Brazilian academic and philosopher
When was Ruy Fausto born?
Ruy Fausto was born on 22 January 1935 in São Paulo.
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Ruy Fausto died on 1 May 2020 in Paris.
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Ruy Fausto was a university teacher and philosopher.
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Ruy Fausto was Brazilian.
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