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André Comte-Sponville

Born

in Paris, France

March 12, 1952

Genre

Philosophy

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Epicurus, Baruch Spinoza, Michel de Montaigne, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Le ...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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Average rating: 3.94 · 4,903 ratings · 534 reviews · 121 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Little Book of Atheist Spirituality by André Comte-Sponville, Nancy Huston (Translator) 3.80 avg rating — 1,381 ratings — published 2006 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues: The Uses of Philosophy in Everyday Life by André Comte-Sponville, Catherine Temerson (Translator) 4.18 avg rating — 844 ratings — published 1995 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le bonheur, désespérément 4.11 avg rating — 726 ratings — published 1999 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Little Book of Philosophy 4.04 avg rating — 310 ratings — published 2000 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le capitalisme est-il moral? 3.65 avg rating — 253 ratings — published 2004 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mutluluğun En Güzel Tarihi by André Comte-Sponville, Arlette Farge, Jean Delumeau 3.67 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 2004 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ni el sexo ni la muerte 4.01 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bom Dia, Angústia! really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1996 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	الحياة الإنسانية by André Comte-Sponville, يوسف أشلحي (ترجمة) 3.88 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2005 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Liebe: Eine kleine Philosophie (detebe) 4.13 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“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, Présentations de la philosophie

tags: ethics, philosophy

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“ما من حصيلة مقنعة تماماً، ما من تجاوز من دون خسارة، ما من توافق نهائي وتام، ما من عزاءٍ مطلق، ما من حياةٍ قِوامها الدّعة المستديمة... إن عكس المأسوي هو الفردوس، وعكس الفردوس هو الحياة كما هي.”
― André Comte-Sponville, Le capitalisme est-il moral?

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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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