- Émile Chartier
Émile-Auguste Chartier, commonly known as Alain (
Mortagne-au-Perche ,March 3 ,1868 -Le Vésinet ,June 2 ,1951 ) was a French philosopher, journalist and pacifist.Alain entered lycée d'Alençon in 1881 and studied there for five years. On June 13, 1956, the lycée was renamed lycée Alain, after its most famous student.
After Alain was qualified at the
École Normale Supérieure and received agrégation of philosophy, he taught at various institutions, Pontivy, Lorient, Rouen (lycée Corneille) and in Paris (lycée Condorcet puis au lycée Michelet). From 1903 he contributed to several journals using his pseudonym, Alain. In 1909 he was appointed to the professor of lycée Henri-IV in Paris. He deeply influenced his pupils, who includedRaymond Aron ,Simone Weil ,Georges Canguilhem andAndré Maurois .He is buried in the
Père-Lachaise cemetery.Among his most important publications are "The Dreamer", "81 chapters about the spirit and passions", "About Happiness", "Mars", and "The citizen against powers".
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* [http://www.normandie-heritage.com/spip.php?article477 Alain, Philosophical and Humanistic Norman]
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