Jean Lacroix

Lacroix, Jean (1900-86). French Catholic philosopher and essayist. A student of Chevalier, he taught philosophy in lycées in Dijon and Lyon. A founder member and regular contributor of the review Esprit, he was active in several centre-left movements of Catholic intellectuals. He wrote innumerable popularizations of philosophy and was weekly philosophy columnist of Le Monde (1945-80).

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