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Afrikan Spir
German-Greek-Russian philosopher (1837–1890) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Afrikan Alexandrovich Spir[lower-alpha 1], 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]
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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(1890-03-26) (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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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.[lower-alpha 2]