The Educational Concepts of Alain (Emile-Auguste Chartier), 1868-1951
Full text of Ph.D. dissertation, New York University (1969)
Alain (Émile-Auguste Chartier)
“The Philosopher Alain and French Classical Radicalism”
The Western Political Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 594-614
The Perspective of the Drowning: Alain Supiot on Simone Weil
A conversation with Alain Supiot, Verso, (August 19, 2017), from the print edition of l’Obs, David Broder, trans., (July 27 2017).
Alain (Émile-Auguste Chartier): Entry # 2
“Alain’s career was closely connected with the educational system in France, since he served as professor of rhetoric at the Lycée Henri IV from 1909 until 1933, and bad a profound influence on the thinking of a generation of French intellectuals. In his essays he often adopted a professorial position, providing insights and stimulating thought in a concise, meditative prose style. As with so many French essayists, Alain was a philosopher in the style of Montaigne rather than of Descartes. He did not leave a systematic philosophy, nor a major opus, but a large and disparate collection of personal observations that are both penetrating and amusing. The substance of his thought, however, was profoundly influenced by rigorous Cartesian logic. . . .”
United Architects On Andre Weil