African Spir

1837–1890 (age 53)

Biography

Afrikan Alexandrovich Spir, also spelled African Spir (1837–1890), was a Ukrainian philosopher of German-Greek descent who wrote primarily in German, but also French.

His book Denken und Wirklichkeit (Thought and Reality, 1873) had a significant influence on several eminent philosophers, scholars and writers such as Hans Vaihinger, Friedrich Nietzsche, William James, Leo Tolstoy and Rudolf Steiner.

Also buried at Cemetery of Saint George

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1902–1967 (age 65)
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Daniel Ihly
1854–1910 (age 56)
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Jean Beyeler
1928–2005 (age 77)
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Hélène Grégoire
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Cemetery of Saint George
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