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Masaryk, Tomáš Garrigue (1850–1937)

DOI
10.4324/9780415249126-N069-1
DOI: 10.4324/9780415249126-N069-1
Version: v1,  Published online: 1998
Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/masaryk-tomas-garrigue-1850-1937/v-1

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Masaryk was a philosopher, sociologist, politician and first president of the Czechoslovak Republic (1918–35). Initially he aimed to change the Habsburg monarchy into a democratic federal state, but during the First World War he began to favour the abolition of the monarchy and, with the help of the Allied powers and the Czechoslovakian foreign armed forces, won independence for his nation. Masaryk’s philosophy of history posited democracy achieving victory over theocracy as a stage in world evolution. He regarded democracy as both a political system and a humanistic world outlook.

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Zumr, Josef. Masaryk, Tomáš Garrigue (1850–1937), 1998, doi:10.4324/9780415249126-N069-1. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Taylor and Francis, https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/masaryk-tomas-garrigue-1850-1937/v-1.
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