Émile Chartier

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Émile Chartier, better known by his pseudonym Alain, was a French philosopher, journalist, and influential essayist of the early 20th century known for his humanist and pacifist views.

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instanceOf French philosopher
essayist
human
humanist
journalist
pacifist
philosopher
countryOfBirth France
countryOfCitizenship France
countryOfDeath France
dateOfBirth 1868-03-03
dateOfDeath 1951-06-02
educatedAt University of Paris
École normale supérieure
employer Lycée Condorcet
Lycée Henri-IV
Lycée Michelet
era 20th-century philosophy
fieldOfWork education
journalism
philosophy
gender male
hasParticularView advocated pacifism after World War I
criticized authoritarianism
defended individual responsibility and civic duty
hasPseudonym Alain
influenced André Maurois
Raymond Aron
Simone Weil
knownFor daily philosophical columns titled "Propos"
influence on French intellectual life in the early 20th century
languageOfWorkOrName French
movement French humanism
pacifism
nativeLanguage French
notableWork Les Idées et les Âges
Mars ou la guerre jugée
Propos
occupation essayist
journalist
philosopher
placeOfBirth Mortagne-au-Perche
placeOfBurial Mortagne-au-Perche
placeOfDeath Le Vésinet
politicalAlignment liberalism
republicanism
taught André Maurois
Simone Weil

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