André Comte-Sponville Quotes
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.
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Birth: | 12th March, 1952 |
Nationality: | French |
Profession: | Philosopher |
André Comte Sponville is a French philosopher born in Paris, France. He studied in the École Normale Supérieure, and is aggregated in philosophy. He is a proponent of atheism and materialism, but in a particular form, because of his spiritualistic aim. The most important aspect of his work is an overcoming of traditional materialistic atheism in a perspective of post-materialism, because he demonstrates a spiritualization of atheism
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