Michel Foucault (World Philosophers and Their Works)
Early Life
Michel Foucault was born on October 15, 1926, in Poitiers, France, into the middle-class
family of Dr. Paul Foucault and his wife, the former Anne Malapert. After attending the local
Catholic school, in 1944 the promising young scholar was sent to the Lycée Henri IV in
Paris, where he prepared for the entrance examinations to the prestigious École Normale
Supérieure. There and at the Sorbonne, he studied under Jean Hippolyte, a philosopher
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