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Jean-Marie Guyau

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Jean-Marie Guyau (1854 to 1888) was a French philosopher and poet who died of pulmonary disease at thirty-three. Introduced to Plato and Kant in youth through his stepfather, the philosopher Alfred Fouillee, he took his degree at seventeen, translated the Handbook of Epictetus, and at nineteen wrote a long memoir that won a prize from the French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences and led to a lectureship at the Lycee Condorcet. His work analyses modern moral philosophy; he is largely seen as an Epicurean who treated English utilitarianism as a modern version of Epicureanism while criticising it. His Sketch of Morality Independent of Obligation or Sanction is his main work on ethics, and he also wrote on aesthetics and religion. He is said to be the source of the notion of anomie later used by Emile Durkheim, and Peter Kropotkin admired him.

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Role in Life
Academic 1
Birth Year
1854 1
Death Year
1888 1
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Epicureanism, Schools of Philosophy
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Ethics, Branches of Philosophy
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Epicureanism, Schools of Philosophy
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Epictetus, Philosophers
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Epicurus, Philosophers
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Herbert Spencer, Philosophers
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Immanuel Kant, Philosophers
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Plato, Philosophers
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France

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was a French philosopher and poet

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Laval, Mayenne

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Jean-Marie Guyau, né à Laval le 28 octobre 1854
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    was a French philosopher and poet
  • Lead, life dates
    Jean-Marie Guyau (28 October 1854-31 March 1888)
  • Life, stepfather
    through his stepfather, the noted French philosopher Alfred Fouillée
  • Life, lectureship
    helped to earn him a philosophy lectureship at the Lycée Condorcet
  • In Branch: Ethics, Philosophy
    Guyau's works primarily analyze and respond to modern philosophy, especially moral philosophy
  • Associated With: Epicureanism, Philosophy
    Largely seen as an Epicurean
  • In Tradition: Epicureanism, Philosophy
    Largely seen as an Epicurean
  • Influenced By: Epicurus, Lead, inspirations
    Guyau was inspired by the philosophies of Epicurus, Epictetus, Plato, Immanuel Kant, Herbert Spencer, and Alfred Fouillée
  • Influenced By: Epictetus, Lead, inspirations
    Guyau was inspired by the philosophies of Epicurus, Epictetus, Plato, Immanuel Kant, Herbert Spencer, and Alfred Fouillée
  • Influenced By: Plato, Lead, inspirations
    Guyau was inspired by the philosophies of Epicurus, Epictetus, Plato, Immanuel Kant, Herbert Spencer, and Alfred Fouillée
  • Influenced By: Immanuel Kant, Lead, inspirations
    Guyau was inspired by the philosophies of Epicurus, Epictetus, Plato, Immanuel Kant, Herbert Spencer, and Alfred Fouillée
  • Influenced By: Herbert Spencer, Lead, inspirations
    Guyau was inspired by the philosophies of Epicurus, Epictetus, Plato, Immanuel Kant, Herbert Spencer, and Alfred Fouillée
  • In Group: Ancient Greek And Roman Ethics, Philosophy
    Largely seen as an Epicurean, he viewed English utilitarianism as a modern version of Epicureanism
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