Back أفريكان سبير Arabic Afrikan Spir German آفریکان اسپیر FA African Spir French Afrikan Spir ID Afrikan Špir Italian Afrikan Spir Polish Шпир, Африкан Александрович Russian Afrikan Spir Swedish Спір Африкан Олександрович Ukrainian
Afrikan Spir | |
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 Photograph of Afrikan Spir taken by Fred Boissonnas c.1887 (Fonds Fred Boissonnas, Bibliothèque de Genève) | |
| Born | 10 November 1837[1] |
| Died | 26 March 1890 (aged 52) |
| Notable work | Thought and Reality, (Denken und wirklichkeit), 1873 |
| Era | 19th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Neo-Kantianism |
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Afrikan Alexandrovich Spir[a], also spelled African Spir (1837–1890) was a Russian neo-Kantian philosopher of German-Greek descent who wrote primarily in German, but also French.[2][3][4]
His book Denken und Wirklichkeit (Thought and Reality) had a significant influence on several eminent philosophers, scholars and writers such as Hans Vaihinger, Friedrich Nietzsche, William James, Leo Tolstoy and Rudolf Steiner.[b]
- ^ Papiers de la famille Spir. Certificat de naissance d'African Spir, Ms. fr. 1406/2. Bibliothèque de Genève.
- ^ Afrikan Spir. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse.
- ^ Spir, Afrikan Alexandrovich (1837–1890). Encyclopedia.com.
- ^ Zeldin, Mary-Barbara (1950) History of Russian Philosophy. Spir, Afrikan Alexandrovich. Kropyvnytskyi Region Universal Research Library.
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