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Also Known As René Noël Théophile Girard
Born December 25, 1923 • Avignon • France
Died November 4, 2015 (aged 91) • California
Subjects Of Study Crucifixion • mimetic desire • sacrifice • scapegoat

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René Girard
Scapegoat
Matthias Grünewald: Crucifixion panel of the Isenheim Altarpiece
John M. Coetzee, wearing a dark suit and patterned tie, sits outdoors in front of ancient stone arches at a literature festival in Rome.
Peter Thiel
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Taine, portrait by Léon Bonnat, 1889
Hippolyte Taine
French critic and historian
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre
French philosopher and author
Jacques Derrida
Jacques Derrida
French philosopher
portrait of Germaine de Staël
Germaine de Staël
French-Swiss author
Life-sized plaster sculpture Seated Voltaire by Jean-Antoine Houdon shows Voltaire draped in a robe, seated with a thoughtful expression and a ribbon crown, against a dark background.
Voltaire
French philosopher and author
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Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
French critic
Jean Le Rond d'Alembert.
Jean Le Rond d’Alembert
French mathematician and philosopher
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Ernest Renan
French scholar
Henri Poincaré, 1909.
Henri Poincaré
French mathematician
Bosio, Jean-Baptiste-François: Portrait of Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet
Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet
French philosopher and humanist
François Mauriac
François Mauriac
French author
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Charles Maurras
French writer and political theorist
Cousin, Victor
Victor Cousin
French philosopher and educator
Condillac, engraving by Pierre-Nicolas Ransonnette
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
French philosopher
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Alain Robbe-Grillet
French author
Nicolas Boileau.
Nicolas Boileau
French author
Gresset, oil painting by Louis Tocqué; in the Château de Versailles
Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset
French author
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Paul-Émile Littré
French lexicographer
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Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin
French author
Marmontel, detail of an engraving by Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1765, after a portrait by C.N. Cochin
Jean-François Marmontel
French author