Andr� Comte-Sponville is a French philosopher born in Paris, France. He studied in the �cole Normale Sup�rieure, and is aggregated in philosophy. He is a proponent of atheism and materialism, but in a particular form, because of his spiritualistic aim. The most important aspect of his work is an overcoming of traditional materialistic atheism in a perspective of post-materialism, because he demonstrates a spiritualization of atheism. This is especially present in his essay L'Esprit de l'ath�isme, published in 2006. 

March 12th, 1952 in Paris (Age 72)