Octave Hamelin
Appearance
Octave Hamelin (22 July 1856 in Montpellier – 11 September 1907 in Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales) was a French philosopher. He taught as a professor at the University of Bordeaux (1884-) and the University of Sorbonne (1905-). Hamelin was a close friend of the sociologist Émile Durkheim, with whom he shared an interest in the French philosopher Charles Renouvier. He is also known as a translator of classical Greek philosophers.[citation needed]
Hamelin drowned in 1907, attempting to save two young women.[1]
Literary works
[edit]- Essai sur le éléments principaux de la représentation, 1907
- Le système de Descartes, 1911
- Le système d'Aristote, 1920 (edited by L. Robin)
- Le Système de Renouvier, 1927 (published by P. Mouy)
References
[edit]- ^ Strenski, Ivan (July 2002). Contesting Sacrifice: Religion, Nationalism, and Social Thought in France. University of Chicago Press. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-226-77736-8.