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Antonio Paim

Antonio Ferreira Paim (Jacobina, 7 April 1927 – São Paulo, 30 April 2021) was a Brazilian philosopher and historian, regarded as one of the main specialists on the history of Brazilian philosophy. A former student at the University of Moscow and in his youth a militant of the Brazilian Communist Party, he later rose to prominence partly due to his fierce critiques of Marxism and of the Brazilian educational system, contained in his book ''Marxismo e Descendência.''

A professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, he was among the founders of the Brazilian Academy of Philosophy, a member of the Brazilian Historic and Geographic Institute and a permanent collaborator to the ''Revista Brasileira de Filosofia'', a scientific journal published by the Brazilian Institute of Philosophy. In 1985, he was awarded the Prêmio Jabuti for his book ''A História das Ideias Filosóficas no Brasil''.

He was one of the inspirations for the policies of former Minister of Brazilian Education Ricardo Vélez Rodríguez. Provided by Wikipedia