Octave Hamelin (22 July 1856,Montpellier – 11 September 1907,Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales) was a Frenchphilosopher. He taught as aprofessor at theUniversity of Bordeaux (1884-) and theUniversity of Sorbonne (1905-). Hamelin was a close friend of the sociologistÉmile Durkheim, with whom he shared an interest in the French philosopherCharles Renouvier. He is also known as a translator ofclassical Greek philosophers.[citation needed]
Hamelin drowned in 1907, attempting to save two young women.[1]
Agrégé in philosophy,[2] he was a professor at theUniversity of Bordeaux from 1884 and at theSorbonne (building) from 1905. He is also known for his translations of theAncient philosophy, and asMarcel Maussteacher.
He was a disciple ofCharles Renouvier, founder of neo-criticism, a school that proposed a synthesis of Kantianism, positivism and spiritualism. Hamelin belonged to neo-criticism, although he also drew inspiration from Hegelian dialectics through what he called the “synthetic method”. His main work, Essai sur les éléments principaux de la représentation, examines all categories, leading to a personalist metaphysics. In this work, Hamelin defends a constructivist theory of philosophy, as opposed to Bergsonian intuitionism.
He drowned while trying to save two men swept into a river. He was buried inBordeaux Protestant cemetery.
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