Félicien Challaye
French philosopher, anti-colonialist and human rights activist
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Félicien Robert Challaye (1 November 1875 – 26 April 1967) was a French philosopher, anti-colonialist and human rights activist.
Félicien Challaye | |
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Autochrome portrait by Auguste Léon, 1916 | |
| Born | 1 November 1875 Lyon, France |
| Died | 26 April 1967 (aged 91) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Philosopher |
Early life
Félicien Challaye was born on 1 November 1875 in Lyon, France.[1] He earned the agrégation in Philosophy in 1897.[1]
Career
Challaye was a high school teacher of philosophy in Paris from 1903 to 1937.[1] He served as Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza's secretary on his 1905 trip to the Congo.[2] Three years later, in 1908, he founded a human rights organization for the indigenous people of the Congo.[2] He subsequently served as the vice president of the Human Rights League.[1]
Challaye served in World War I, and he was wounded in combat in 1915.[3] After the war, he became a staunch pacifist.[4] By 1931, he suggested he preferred peace to war, even if France had to be invaded by Germany.[3]
Challaye was the author of many books on philosophy. He also published children's books under the pseudonym of Robert Fougère.[1]
Death and legacy
See also
Works
- Challaye, Félicien (1905). Au Japon et en Extrême-Orient. Le Japon moderne. Lafcadio Hearn. Un conte japonais. Vladivostock. Journal d'un expulsé. Une excursion au pays des Moÿs. De Batavia à Tosari. L'Indi. Quelques hommes et quelques villes. Paris: Armand Colin. OCLC 11978052.
- Challaye, Félicien; Mille, Pierre (1906). Les deux Congo devant la Belgique et devant la France. Paris: Cahiers de la Quinzaine. OCLC 10548034.
- Challaye, Félicien (1909). Le Congo français. La question internationale du Congo. Paris: F. Alcan. OCLC 3219912.
- Challaye, Félicien (1915). Le Japon illustré. Paris: Larousse. OCLC 7601224.
- Challaye, Félicien (1922). Les principes généraux de la Science et de la Morale. Paris: Nathan. OCLC 491203882.
- Challaye, Félicien (1925). Psychologie et métaphysique. Paris: F. Nathan. OCLC 23410526.
- Challaye, Félicien (1927). Le Cœur japonais. Paris: Payot. OCLC 28746225.
- Challaye, Félicien; Reynier, Marguerite (1929). Cours de droit privé et d'économie politique à l'usage des écoles primaires supérieures. Paris: F. Alcan. OCLC 457803778.
- Challaye, Félicien (1929). L'art et la beauté. Paris: F. Nathan. OCLC 11895581.
- Challaye, Félicien (1931). Contes et légendes du Japon. Paris: F. Nathan. OCLC 10762458.
- Challaye, Félicien (1933). Nietzsche. Paris: Mellottée. OCLC 5527054.
- Challaye, Félicien (1934). Esthétique. Paris: Nathan. OCLC 42384524.
- Challaye, Félicien (1937). La Crise de la Ligue des droits de l'homme. Paris: Imprimerie du Palais. OCLC 459177962.
- Challaye, Félicien; Dugas, Ludovic; Dumas, Georges (1938). La logique des sentiments : les passions. Paris: F. Alcan. OCLC 492075499.
- Challaye, Félicien (1940). Petite Histoire des Grandes Religions. Paris: Presses universitaires de France. OCLC 6177310.
- Challaye, Félicien (1943). La Psychologie de l'Enfant. Paris: PUF. OCLC 65808584.
- Challaye, Félicien (1947). Bergson. Paris: Mellottée. OCLC 893687670.
- Challaye, Félicien (1948). Freud. Paris: Editions Mellotee. OCLC 301483195.
- Challaye, Félicien (1948). Petite histoire des grandes philosophies. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France. OCLC 17016348.
- Challaye, Félicien (1954). Péguy socialiste. Paris: Amiot. OCLC 294540.
- Challaye, Félicien (1956). Les Philosophes de l'Inde. Paris: Presses universitaires de France. OCLC 6745332.