Lycée Condorcet
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The Lycée Condorcet is a school founded in 1803 in Paris, France, located at 8, rue du Havre, in the city's IXe arrondissement
. Since its inception, various political eras have seen it given a number of different names, but its identity today honors the memory of the Marquis de Condorcet
. The school provides secondary education
as part of the French education system
. Paul Verlaine, Henri Bergson and Marcel Proust were educated at the Lycée Condorcet, which keeps appearing in published rankings as one of the best lycées in Paris and in France.
Some of the school's famous teachers include Jean Beaufret
, Paul Bénichou
, Jean-Marie Guyau
, Jean-Paul Sartre
and Stéphane Mallarmé
.
IXe arrondissement
The 9th arrondissement , located on the Right Bank, is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. It contains many places of cultural, historical, and architectural interest, including the Palais Garnier, home to the Paris Opera, Boulevard Haussmann and its large department stores of Galeries...
. Since its inception, various political eras have seen it given a number of different names, but its identity today honors the memory of the Marquis de Condorcet
Marquis de Condorcet
Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet , known as Nicolas de Condorcet, was a French philosopher, mathematician, and early political scientist whose Condorcet method in voting tally selects the candidate who would beat each of the other candidates in a run-off election...
. The school provides secondary education
Secondary education in France
In France, secondary education is in two stages:* collèges cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 14...
as part of the French education system
Education in France
The French educational system is highly centralized, organized, and ramified. It is divided into three different stages:* the primary education ;* secondary education ;...
. Paul Verlaine, Henri Bergson and Marcel Proust were educated at the Lycée Condorcet, which keeps appearing in published rankings as one of the best lycées in Paris and in France.
Some of the school's famous teachers include Jean Beaufret
Jean Beaufret
Jean Beaufret was a French philosopher and Germanist tremendously influential in the reception of Martin Heidegger's work in France....
, Paul Bénichou
Paul Bénichou
Paul Bénichou, was a French writer, intellectual, critic, and literary historian.Bénichou first achieved prominence in 1948 with Morales du grand siècle, his work on the social context of the French seventeenth-century classics...
, Jean-Marie Guyau
Jean-Marie Guyau
Jean-Marie Guyau was a French philosopher and poet.Guyau was inspired by, amongst others, the philosophies of Epicurus, Epictetus, Plato, Immanuel Kant, Herbert Spencer, and Alfred Fouillée, and the poetry/literature of Pierre Corneille, Victor Hugo, and Alfred de Musset.- Life :Guyau got his...
, Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was a French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic. He was one of the leading figures in 20th century French philosophy, particularly Marxism, and was one of the key figures in literary...
and Stéphane Mallarmé
Stéphane Mallarmé
Stéphane Mallarmé , whose real name was Étienne Mallarmé, was a French poet and critic. He was a major French symbolist poet, and his work anticipated and inspired several revolutionary artistic schools of the early 20th century, such as Dadaism, Surrealism, and Futurism.-Biography:Stéphane...
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Notable alumni
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External links
- Official website (in FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
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