ʻIlaisa Futa-ʻi-Haʻangana Helu | |
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| Born | 17 June 1934 |
| Died | 2 February 2010 (aged 75) |
| Children | 6 |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
Main interests | Political philosophy, ethics |
Futa Helu (17 June 1934 – 2 February 2010)[1] was a Tongan philosopher, historian, and educator. He studied philosophy under the Australian empiricist John Anderson and in 1963 launched an educational institute named ʻAtenisi (Tongan for Athens, to pay homage to the ancient Greek philosophers, Herakleitos in particular). The institute began as a continuing education programme for civil servants, then initiated a high school in 1964 and a university in 1975.