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   Tomáš Masaryk was the chief founder and first president (1918–35) of Czechoslovakia. Masaryk’s father was a Slovak coachman; his mother, a maid, came from a Germanized Moravian family. Though he was trained to be a teacher, he briefly became a locksmith’s apprentice but then entered the German.

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   Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk [a] (7 March 1850 – 14 September 1937) was a Czechoslovak statesman, progressive political activist and philosopher who served as the first president of Czechoslovakia from 1918 to 1935. He is regarded as the founding father of Czechoslovakia . Born in Hodonín, Moravia (then part of the Austrian Empire ), Masaryk ...

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   Below is the article summary. For the full article, see Tomáš Masaryk . Tomáš Masaryk, (born March 7, 1850, near Gölding, Moravia, Austrian Empire—died Sept. 14, 1937, Lány, Czech.), First president of Czechoslovakia (1918–35). After receiving a doctorate from the University of Vienna, he taught philosophy at the Czech University of ...

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   Jun 27, 2018 · The Czech philosopher Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850-1937) was the founding father and first president of the former Czechoslovakia. A proponent of realism in both philosophy and politics, he first became known to the world through his championship of unpopular causes. The age of Tomáš Masaryk was an age of liberalism and nationalism ...

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   masaryk, tom Á Š garrigue (1850 – 1937) Tom á š Garrigue Masaryk, a Czech statesman and philosopher, and president of Czechoslovakia from 1918 to 1935, was born in Hodon í n, Moravia. His political career belongs to history; of interest to students of philosophy is the fact that he studied philosophy at the University of Vienna from 1872 to 1876 under Franz Brentano .

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   March 7, 1850. Tomas Masaryk was born on March 7 in Hodonin in Southern Moravia as the son of a coachman and cook. 1865-72. Attended grammar schools in Brno and Vienna. 1872-76. Studied at the University in Vienna where he graduated as a Doctor of Philosophy. His thesis was entitled "The Essentials of the Soul According to Plato."

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   What is a good biography of Masaryk?

   • Although there is no definitive study of Masaryk, there are many popular biographies by British and American authors. The best of these is Paul Selver, Masaryk: A Biography (1940); the most recent, Edward W. P. Newman, Masaryk (1960).

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   Who is Tomas Masaryk?

   • President of the Czech Republ… Tomas Masaryk was born on March 7 in Hodonin in Southern Moravia as the son of a coachman and cook. Attended grammar schools in Brno and Vienna. Studied at the University in Vienna where he graduated as a Doctor of Philosophy. His thesis was entitled "The Essentials of the Soul According to Plato."

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   Who was Masaryk and what did he do?

   • Masaryk served in the Reichsrat from 1891 to 1893 with the Young Czech Party and from 1907 to 1914 in the Czech Progressive Party, which he had founded in 1900. At that time, he was not yet campaigning for Czech and Slovak independence from Austria-Hungary.

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   What did Masaryk believe?

   • Masaryk was a practical philosopher who believed that philosophy should not only contemplate the world but also try to change it. He thus had little interest in problems of epistemology or cosmology. In his early life he reacted against German idealism and accepted British empiricism ( David Hume) and French positivism ( Auguste Comte ).

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   Curriculum Vitae. Czech scholar, philosopher, teacher, politician and journalist, founder of a modern Czechoslovak state, Czechoslovak president. T.G. Masaryk was born in Hodonin as the eldest son of Josef Masaryk's family living in poor circumstances. He enjoyed a close relationship with his mother Terezie, née Kropacova.