Michel Onfray
Philosopher, Musical Artist
1959 –
Who is Michel Onfray?
Michel Onfray is a contemporary French philosopher who adheres to hedonism, atheism, and anarchism. He is a highly prolific author on philosophy, having written more than 50 books.
He has gained notoriety for writing such works as Physiologie de Georges Palante, portrait d'un nietzchéen de gauche, Politique du rebelle: traité de résistance et d'insoumission, Traité d'athéologie: Physique de la métaphysique, La puissance d'exister and La sculpture de soi for which he won the annual Prix Médicis in 1993.
His philosophy is mainly influenced by such thinkers as Nietzsche, Epicurus, the cynic and cyrenaic schools, French materialism, and individualist anarchism.
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- Born
- Jan 1, 1959
Argentan - Also known as
- Onfray, Michel
- Spouses
- Marie-Claude Ruel
(1977 - 2013/08/08)
- Marie-Claude Ruel
- Religion
- Atheism
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Education
- PhD, Caen University
Philosophy
- PhD, Caen University
- Lived in
- Argentan
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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