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Charles Norris Cochrane

チャールズ・ノリス・コクレイン

Chāruzu Norisu Kokurein

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1889-08-21 （Omemee, Ontario）
Died
1945-11-23 （Toronto, Ontario） age 56
Nationality
Canada
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Omemee, Ontario → Toronto, Ontario

Career

Occupations
historian, philosopher, university professor
Active Years
1911-1945
Affiliations
Faculty of Ancient History, University of Toronto
Influenced By
R. G. Collingwood
Influenced
James Doull, George Grant

Education

University of Toronto
Classics
Degree: Bachelor's degree
Year of Graduation: 1911
Country: Canada
Graduated with a degree in Classics.
University of Oxford
Period: After 1911
Country: United Kingdom
Attended.

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Thucydides and the Science of History

1929 History

Study on Thucydides and the science of history.

philosophy of history

Christianity and Classical Culture

1940 Intellectual history

Examines the political and cultural interaction between ancient Rome and emerging Christianity.

ChristianityClassical cultureRoman Empire

Augustine and the Problem of Power

1945 Philosophy

Posthumously published collection of essays and lectures on Augustine's philosophy.

AugustinepowerChristian philosophy

Style & Themes

Literary Style
philosophical historiographyanalytical approach
Recurring Motifs
conflict between Christianity and classical worldcultural crisis

Legacy

Praised as the first major Canadian contribution to Western intellectual history by Harold Innis, admired by W.H. Auden, deemed one of the leading 20th-century philosophers of civilization.

Archives

  • University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services

In Popular Culture

  • Arthur Kroker calls him a leading 20th-century philosopher of civilization.

Trivia

  • Active in Canadian Officers' Training Corps during WWI, went overseas with 1st Tank Battalion in 1918.