Eduardo Nicol (13 December 1907 in

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– 6 May 1990 in Mexico) was a Mexican-Catalan philosopher. He arrived in Mexico in 1939, obtained his major in philosophy from

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(UNAM), the biggest university in

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, where he taught from 1940. While at UNAM, he became the chairs of adolescent psychology and the history of psychology following .

Bibliography

He is author of many books, collected by the press house FCE (Fondo de Cultura Económica) his most notable ones are: *''Psicología de las situaciones vitales'' *''La idea del hombre'' *''Historicismo y existencialismo'' *''La vocación humana'' *''Metafísica de la expresión'' *
El problema de la filosofía hispánica
' *''Los principios de la ciencia'' *''El porvenir de la filosofía'' *''Metafísica de la expresión (nueva versión)'' *''La idea del hombre (nueva versión)'' *''La primera teoría de la praxis'' *''La reforma de la filosofía'' *''La agonía de Proteo'' *''Crítica de la razón simbólica'' *''Ideas de vario linaje'' *''Formas de hablar sublime. Poesía y filosofía''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nicol, Eduardo 1907 births 1990 deaths People from Barcelona Mexican people of Catalan descent National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni Spanish emigrants to Mexico 20th-century Mexican philosophers 20th-century Spanish philosophers