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Octave Hamelin (22 July 1856 in Montpellier – 11 September 1907 in Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales) was a French philosopher. He taught as a professor at the University of Bordeaux (1884-) and the University of Sorbonne (1905-). Hamelin was a close friend of the sociologist Émile Durkheim, with whom he shared an interest in the French philosopher Charles Renouvier. He is also known as a translator of classical Greek philosophers.

Hamelin drowned in 1907, attempting to save two young women.

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• Essai sur le éléments principaux de la représentation, 1907
• Le système de Descartes, 1911
• Le système d'Aristote, 1920 (edited by L. Robin)
• Le Système de Renouvier, 1927 (published by P. Mouy)

References

1. Strenski, Ivan (July 2002). Contesting Sacrifice: Religion, Nationalism, and Social Thought in France. University of Chicago Press. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-226-77736-8.

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