Quick Facts About Michel Onfray
- Born
- January 1, 1959
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Philosopher
- Notable works
- Le crépuscule d'une idole
- Known for
- Atheist Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, Q2995889, La Sculpture de soi, The Twilight of an Idol: The Freudian Confabulation, Q61042208
About Michel Onfray
Michel Onfray is a French writer and philosopher with a hedonistic, epicurean and atheist worldview. A highly prolific author on philosophy, he has written over 100 books. His philosophy is mainly influenced by such thinkers as Nietzsche, Epicurus, the Cynic and Cyrenaic schools, as well as French materialism. He has gained notoriety for writing such works as Traité d'athéologie: Physique de la métaphysique, Politique du rebelle: traité de résistance et d'insoumission, Physiologie de Georges Palante, portrait d'un nietzchéen de gauche, La puissance d'exister and La sculpture de soi for which he won the annual Prix Médicis in 1993.
Biography source:
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