The Philosopher

Mircea E. Florian

The face

The background

Nationality:
Romanian
Schools:
Centrism, Maiorescanism
Branchs:
Rationalism, Philosophy of science, Cosmology, Metaphysics, Epistemology
Period:
Interwar period

The synopsis

Mircea Florian (April 1, 1888 – October 31, 1960) was a Romanian philosopher and translator, prominent during the interwar period. He was a leading advocate for rationalism, contrasting with the philosophy of Nae Ionescu. Florian's work, spanning about 20 books, showed him as a follower of centrist and rationalist thinkers like Constantin Rădulescu-Motru and Titu Maiorescu. He was also involved in independent social democratic politics and faced imprisonment under the communist regime. It was during his incarceration that he developed his philosophical system, later published as 'Recessivity as World Structure'. In 1990, he was posthumously inducted into the Romanian Academy.

The works