André Comte-Sponville
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André Comte-Sponville (born 12 March 1952) is a French philosopher born in Paris, France. He studied in the École Normale Supérieure, and is aggregated in philosophy. He is a proponent of atheism and materialism, but in a particular form, because of his spiritualistic aim.
The most important aspect of his work is an overcoming of traditional materialistic atheism in a perspective of post-materialism, because he demonstrates a spiritualization of atheism. This is especially present in his essay L'Esprit de l'athéisme, published in 2006.
Sponville may be considered an atheist existentialist.
[edit] Bibliography
- Traité du désespoir et de la béatitude (2 volumes, 1984-1988)
- Une éducation philosophique (1989)
- L'amour la solitude (1992)
- Petit Traité des Grandes Vertus ("A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues" or "A Short Treatise on the Great Virtues") (1995), Translated into English by Catherine Temerson, Vintage, 2003, ISBN 0099437988
- Valeur et Vérité (Etudes cyniques) (1995),
- Impromptus (1996)
- La sagesse des Modernes, written with Luc Ferry
- L'être temps (1999)
- Présentation de la philosophie (2000)
- Le Bonheur, désespérément (2000)
- Le capitalisme est-il moral? (2004)
- L'Esprit de l'athéisme (2006)
- Le miel et l'absinthe : Poésie et philosophie chez Lucrèce (2008)
- Le tragique de la décision médicale : La mort d'un enfant ou la naissance de l'absurde with Denis Devictor (2008)
[edit] Other works
- "Le Bonheur - Visions Occidentale Et Chinoise", A three CD spoken word audio conference and discussion with Francois Julien, 2007.
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