1901 in philosophy
# 1901 in philosophy

1901 in philosophy

## Events

* Sully Prudhomme was awarded the 1901 Nobel Prize in Literature "in special recognition of his poetic composition, which gives evidence of lofty idealism, artistic perfection and a rare combination of the qualities of both heart and intellect".

## Publications

* Émile Boutmy, Essai d'une psychologie politique du peuple anglais au XIXe siècle
* Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Der Wahrheitsgehalt der Religion
* H. G. Wells, Anticipations of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress Upon Human Life and Thought

## Births

* January 3 - Eric Voegelin (died 1985)
* April 13 - Jacques Lacan (died 1981)
* May 23 - Charles W. Morris (died 1979)
* June 16 - Henri Lefebvre (died 1991)
* November 3 - André Malraux (died 1976)
* December 5 - Werner Heisenberg (died 1976)
