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André Comte-Sponville

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March 12, 1952 in Paris, France

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Philosophy

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Epicure, Spinoza, Montaigne, Les Stoiciens. Parmi les contemporains, C...more

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André Comte-Sponville, philosophe matérialiste, rationaliste et humaniste, est né à Paris, en 1952. Ancien élève de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure de la rue d'Ulm, agrégé de philosophie, docteur de troisième cycle, il est aussi Docteur Honoris Causa de l'Université de Mons-Hainaut, en Belgique.

André Comte-Sponville fut maître de conférences à la Sorbonne1 (Université Paris I) jusqu'en 1998, date depuis laquelle il se consacre exclusivement à l'écriture et aux conférences qu'il donne en dehors de l'Université.
André Comte-Sponville est membre du Comité Consultatif National d'Ethique depuis mars 2008.

André Comte-Sponville a souvent été invité sur les plateaux télévisés, notamment chez Michel Polac, Bernard Pivot, Guillaume Durand, Frédéric Ferne...more

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Books by André Comte-Sponville

Average rating: 3.78 · 617 ratings · 101 reviews · 37 distinct works

	The Little Book of Atheist Spirituality by André Comte-Sponville, Nancy Huston (Translation) 3.77 avg rating — 317 ratings — published 2006 — 10 editions	My rating:
	A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues: The Uses of Philosophy in Everyday Life by André Comte-Sponville, Catherine Temerson (Translator), Andre Compte-Sponville 3.81 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 1995 — 12 editions	My rating:
	The Little Book of Philosophy 4.06 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Le bonheur, désespérément 3.82 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Le Capitalisme Est-Il Moral by André Comte-Sponville, Sponville Comte 3.65 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions	My rating:
	L'Amour la Solitude 3.80 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Spiritualitas Tanpa Tuhan 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	La Plus Belle Histoire Du Bonheur 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Présentations de la Philosophie 3.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Diccionario filosofico / Philosophy Dictionary 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by André Comte-Sponville

“Atheism is a way of humility. It's to think oneself to be an animal, as we are actually and to allow oneself to become human.”
― André Comte-Sponville, Presentations de La Philosophie

tags: ethics , philosophy

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“Freedom of thought is the only good that is perhaps more precious than peace, for the simple reason that, without it, peace would merely be another name of servitude.”
― André Comte-Sponville

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