Raimundo de Farias Brito

Raimundo de Farias Brito
Born(1862-07-24)July 24, 1862
São Benedito, Ceará, Brazil
DiedJanuary 16, 1917(1917-01-16) (aged 54)
Occupationsprofessor, lawyer, prosecutor, teacher, writer
Academic background
EducationFederal University of Pernambuco Recife School of Law
InfluencesBergson, Spinoza, Kant, Lange, Fischer, Gratry, Schopenhauer, Malebranche, Barreto, Boutroux, Draper
Academic work
School or traditionSpiritualism (philosophy)
Main interestspoetry, law, psychology, religion, theology, epistemology
Notable worksO Mundo Interior (1914)
InfluencedFigueiredo, Salgado, dos Santos, Aranha, Reale

Raimundo de Farias Brito (July 24, 1862 – January 16, 1917) was a Brazilian philosopher and writer. His work, which integrates elements of neo-Kantianism and spiritualism, encompasses metaphysics, ethics, political philosophy, and jurisprudence.[1][2]

Biography

Born in São Benedito, Farias Brito was raised in Sobral and later in Fortaleza, where he studied at the historic Liceu do Ceará (pt). He then moved to Pernambuco to enroll in the Recife Law School, where he attended lectures by the philosopher Tobias Barreto.[3]

Once graduated, he began working as a public prosecutor, later transferring to Belém to teach at the city's law faculty (pt). An established author, he was appointed in 1909 to the chair of Logic at the traditional Colégio Pedro II, where he taught until his death.[4]

Works

  • Cantos Modernos (1889)
  • História Sobre Fenícios e Hebreus (1891)
  • Divagações em torno de uma grande mentalidade (1892)
  • Homens do Ceará (1896–1897)
  • Sobre a filosofia de Malebranche (1898)
  • Manifesto do corpo (1900)
  • O positivismo do Gomes de Castro (1902)

References

  1. ^ Filizola Neto, Júlio (2008). "Farias Brito, um filósofo brasileiro: vida, pensamento e críticas historiográficas". Repositório UFC (in Brazilian Portuguese).
  2. ^ de Tejada, Francisco Elías (1950). "Raimundo de Farias Brifo: na Filosofia do Brasil". Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia. 6 (3): 269–291. ISSN 0870-5283.
  3. ^ www.wlib.com.br, WLIB Soluções Web-. "160 anos de nascimento do filósofo Farias Brito". ANPOF. Retrieved 2025-12-18.
  4. ^ "Raimundo de Farias Brito – Cobra Pages". www.cobra.pages.nom.br. Retrieved 2025-12-19.