Nicolae Bagdasar | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | February 5, 1896 |
| Died | 21 April 1971 (aged 75) |
| Alma mater | University of Bucharest University of Berlin |
| Occupation | philosopher |
| Employer(s) | University of Bucharest University of Iași |
| Relatives | Dumitru Bagdasar (brother) |
Nicolae Bagdasar (5 February 1896–21 April 1971) was a Romanian philosopher. Born to a peasant family north of Bârlad, he fought in World War I before attending the University of Bucharest and going on to earn a doctorate in Germany. He entered university teaching at Bucharest in 1928, but did not become a full professor until 1942, when he began teaching the history of philosophy and epistemology at Iași. Rising to Romanian Academy member the following year, he lost this distinction in 1948, under the nascent communist regime, and was removed from teaching in 1949. He spent the remainder of his career in a lower profile, undertaking research in various fields. A well-read scholar, Bagdasar authored the first history of Romanian philosophy, among several noted texts. Both in the interwar period and during World War II, he was involved in running publishing houses, with the latter stint incurring disfavor from the communist authorities.