Octave Hamelin

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.

Literary works

• 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)

External links

• Works by Octave Hamelin at Gallica