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Antonio Caso

Mexican philosopher (1883-1946) · Mexico · Academics · Died at 62

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Antonio Caso Andrade was a Mexican philosopher and rector of the former Universidad Nacional de México, nowadays known as the National Autonomous University of Mexico from December 1921 to August 1923. Along with José Vasconcelos, he founded the Ateneo de la Juventud, a humanist group against philosophical positivism.

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Honorary Doctorate from the National Autonomous University of Mexico1933
Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru
Knight of the Legion of Honour

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Antonio Caso Andrade was a Mexican philosopher and rector of the former Universidad Nacional de México, nowadays known as the National Autonomous University of Mexico from December 1921 to August 1923. Along with José Vasconcelos, he founded the Ateneo de la Juventud, a humanist group against philosophical positivism. The Athenian generation opposed Auguste Comte and Herbert Spencer's philosophical views, giving credence to and expanding on the ideas of Henri Bergson, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and José Enrique Rodó. Caso opposed rationalism. His group the ateneistas believed in a moral, willing, and spiritual individual being. He was the older brother of archaeologist Alfonso Caso.

Country
Mexico
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1883 to 1946 · aged 62

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