Antônio Pedro de Figueiredo

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Antônio Pedro de Figueiredo (c. 1850)

Antônio Pedro de Figueiredo (c. 1814 – 21 August 1859) was a Brazilian philosopher, essayist, journalist, translator and educator. He was called "one of Brazil's first socialists."

Biography

Antônio Pedro de Figueiredo was born in Igarassu, Captaincy of Pernambuco. He moved to Recife, where he was taken in by the Convent of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, dedicating himself to the study of French, Portuguese and philosophy, which led him to translate Victor Cousin's work into Portuguese under the name Curso de Filosofia, in three volumes. He also translated George Sand's The Seven Strings of the Lyre (1847) and Joseph Ortolan's On the Sovereignty of the People and the Principles of Modern Republican Government (1848).

In 1844, he was appointed by Francisco do Rego Barros, president of the province of Pernambuco, as assistant professor of geometry at the Provincial Lyceum, but was sacked by Chichorro da Gama in 1846. That year, together with his friends, he launched the magazine O Progresso, which defended the socialist ideas of Charles Fourier and had the collaboration of the French engineer Vauthier. In 1855, he took up the chair of history and geography at the Lyceum.

He contributed to the Diário de Pernambuco and other periodicals under the pen name of Abdalah-el-Kratif.

Antônio Pedro de Figueiredo died in Recife at the age 45.

See also

• Brazilian philosophy

Works

• O Progresso (Recife: Impresna Oficial, 1950)

References

• Almeida, Marcelo Francisco de (2001). "O Progresso, Seu Idealizador Antônio Pedro de Figueiredo e a Polêmica sobre o Socialismo-utópico e o 'Arquétipo Liberal'," Tematicas Vol. IX, No. 17, pp. 25–52.
• Azzi, Riolando (1992). O Altar Unido ao Trono: Um Projeto Conservador. São Paulo: Edições Paulinas.
• Canhada, Júlio (2021). "Espírito e Matéria no Pensamento Imperial," Cult, Ano XXIV, No. 268, pp. 20–23.
• Lara, Tiago Adão (1977). As Raízes Cristãs do Pensamento de Antônio Pedro de Figueiredo. São João del-Rei: Faculdade D. Bosco de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras.
• Lara, Tiago Adão (2001). "A Ética Espiritualista de Antônio Pedro de Figueiredo," Estudos Filosóficos, No. 7, pp. 187–95.
• Moreira, Aluizio Franco (1987). "As Idéias Políticas e Outras Idéias de Dois quarent-huitards Pernambucanos: Abreu e Lima e Antonio Pedro de Figueiredo". In: Antonio Paulo Rezende, ed., Recife: Que História É Essa?. Recife: Fundação de Cultura Cidade do Recife, pp. 53–104.
• Paim, Antônio (1966). "O Ecletismo de Antônio Pedro de Figueiredo," Revista Brasileira de Filosofia, Vol. XVI, No. 61, pp. 7–26.
• Quintas, Amaro (1958). "Antônio Pedro de Figueiredo, o Cousin Fusco," Revista de Historia, Vol. XVI, No. 34, pp. 287–304.