Alain (philosopher)

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Alain
Alain in 1931
Born	3 March 1868 Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne, France
Died	2 June 1951 (aged 83) Le Vésinet, France
Other names	Emile Chartier
Education
Education	École Normale Supérieure (B.A., 1892) ; National degrees: Baccalaureate in humanities and in sciences: agrégation de philosophie (competitive examination for national teaching licence) Sorbonne: license in philosophie
Academic advisors	Jules Lagneau [fr][1]
Philosophical work
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Continental philosophy
Main interests	Political philosophy

Émile-Auguste Chartier (French: [ʃaʁtje]; 3 March 1868 – 2 June 1951), commonly known as Alain ([alɛ̃]), was a French philosopher, journalist, essayist, pacifist, and teacher of philosophy.