Afrikan Spir | |
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 Photograph of Afrikan Spir taken by Fred Boissonnas c.1887 (Fonds Fred Boissonnas, Bibliothèque de Genève) | |
| Born | 10 November 1837[1] |
| Died | 26 March 1890 (aged 52) |
| Notable work | Thought and Reality, (Denken und wirklichkeit), 1873 |
| Era | 19th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Neo-Kantianism |
Main interests | |
Afrikan Alexandrovich Spir[a], also spelled African Spir (1837–1890) was a Russian neo-Kantian philosopher of German-Greek descent who wrote primarily in German, but also French.[2][3][4]
His book Denken und Wirklichkeit (Thought and Reality) had a significant influence on several eminent philosophers, scholars and writers such as Hans Vaihinger, Friedrich Nietzsche, William James, Leo Tolstoy and Rudolf Steiner.[b]
- ^ Papiers de la famille Spir. Certificat de naissance d'African Spir, Ms. fr. 1406/2. Bibliothèque de Genève.
- ^ Afrikan Spir. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse.
- ^ Spir, Afrikan Alexandrovich (1837–1890). Encyclopedia.com.
- ^ Zeldin, Mary-Barbara (1950) History of Russian Philosophy. Spir, Afrikan Alexandrovich. Kropyvnytskyi Region Universal Research Library.
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