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Apr 26, 1892 Lille, Hauts de France, France Died on 19 Nov 1979 (aged 87)
French philosopher
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About Étienne Souriau
- Étienne Souriau (French: [su?jo]; April 26, 1892 – November 19, 1979) was a French philosopher, best known for his work in aesthetics. Son of Paul Souriau, he studied at the École Normale Supérieure and received his agrégation of philosophy in 1925.
- After teaching at the universities of Aix-en-Provence and Lyon he eventually became a professor at the Sorbonne, where he held a chair in aesthetics.
- He was the editor of the Revue d'esthétique and was elected to the Académie des sciences morales et politiques in 1958.
- Recently, the works of Bruno Latour have reawoken interests on Souriau's oeuvre, specially his works on ontology and metaphysics regarding his theories of different modes of existence.
