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philosophers who wrote autobiography
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Elie Wiesel (1928-2016)
political activist, Judaic scholar, autobiographer, translator, journalist, humanist, philosopher, playwright
- Faculty of Arts of Paris
Paul Goodman (1911-1972)
poet, psychotherapist, sociologist, literary critic, LGBTQ rights activist, political scientist, philosopher
- University of Chicago, City College of New York
Paul Feyerabend (1924-1994)
philosopher, scholar
- London School of Economics and Political Science, Harvard University
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809-1865)
economist, sociologist, politician, journalist, philosopher, printer
John Cowper Powys (1872-1963)
poet, philosopher, literary critic
- University of Cambridge, Sherborne School
Didier Eribon (born 1953)
sociologist, philosopher, research fellow, journalist, opinion journalist
- University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne
Josef Schovanec (born 1981)
philosopher, translator, traveler, political scientist
- Sciences Po, Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales
Abbas el-Akkad (1889-1964)
historian, journalist, poet, literary critic, teacher, philosopher