André-Jean Voelke

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André-Jean Voelke (born December 17, 1925 in Trogen ; † August 25, 1991 ) was a Swiss historian of philosophy .

Voelke was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Lausanne from 1979 to 1991 . Cancer tore him from life at an early age.

He worked on Hellenistic philosophy, skepticism and stoicism in the outcome of Wittgenstein's definition of philosophy as therapy.

Fonts (selection)

  • The reports with autrui dans la philosophie grecque d'Aristote à Panétius. Vrin, Paris 1961
  • L'Idée de volonté dans le stoïcisme. Presses Universitaires de France, Paris 1973
  • La philosophy comme therapy de l'âme. Études de philosophie hellénistique. Préface de Pierre Hadot (Vestigia, 12). Cerf, Paris - Éditions Universitaires, Friborg 1993 (collection of articles; contains a list of publications p. 127–131)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pascale Seys, Jean-Pierre Deschepper: Chronique générale. In: Revue Philosophique de Louvain. Volume 91, No. 90, 1993, p. 347.
personal data
SURNAME Voelke, André-Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss historian of philosophy
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Trogen
DATE OF DEATH August 25, 1991