Fausto Cardoso
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22 December 1864
Fausto de Aguiar Cardoso | |
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| Born | Fausto de Aguiar Cardoso 22 December 1864 |
| Died | 28 July 1906 (aged 41) |
| Occupation | Lawyer, poet, philosopher, and politician |
| Alma mater | Faculty of Law of Recife |
Fausto de Aguiar Cardoso (December 22, 1864 – August 28, 1906) was a Brazilian lawyer, poet, philosopher, and politician from the state of Sergipe. He was born in a rural part of the state Sergipe, and studied at the Faculty of Law of Recife in Pernambuco. He was elected to political office in 1900, and came into dispute with Olímpio Campos in Rio de Janeiro, the seat of the First Brazilian Republic. Cardoso returned to Sergipe in 1906 and led a revolt against the state government. He was assassinated in 1906 by federal troops summoned to the state by Olímpio Campos. Cardoso's sons, in turn, avenged their father's death and murdered Olímpio Campos shortly after in Rio de Janeiro.[1][2][3]
Fausto Cardoso was born in Sergipe on Engenho São Félix, a plantation in present-day Divina Pastora.[4] Cardoso completed preparatory school in Sergipe, and secondary school at Colégio Sete de Setembro in Salvador, Bahia. He entered the Faculty of Law of Recife in Pernambuco in 1880. He became a disciple of Tobias Barreto (1839-1889), a poet and literary critic, also of Sergipe. He became a member of the Movement for the Renewal of National Thought (Movimento de Renovação do Pensamento Nacional). Cardoso wrote for newspapers in Recife and became an editor of the newspaper Saara.[1][2][3]
Cardoso returned to Sergipe after graduation from law school in Recife. He became a public prosecutor first in Capela and later in Laranjeiras. Cardoso witnessed the strength of the growing republican movement in Laranjeiras that foreshadowed the end of the Empire of Brazil in 1889. He fell out of favor with local politicians in Sergipe due to his support of republican ideals, and moved to Rio de Janeiro. He worked as a law professor, journalist, and professor. Cardoso wrote Concepção Monistica do Universo, a book on philosophy, and later "Taxonomia Social", on social science in this period. He additionally published numerous articles on history and law.[1][2][3]
