František Mareš

Frantisek Mares ( born October 20, 1857 in Opatovice; † February 6, 1942 in Hluboká ) was a Czech National Democrat, later fascist -oriented politician, physiologist and philosopher.

Life

Mares studied at the universities of Vienna and Prague, philosophy and medicine. In 1886 he qualified as a professor at Charles University, where it acts since 1890 as a professor of philosophy. From 1895 to 1928 he headed the physiological institute, from 1920 to 1921, he held the post of rector.

After the establishment of Czechoslovakia, he joined the nationalist movement and became an active member of the Czechoslovak National Democracy, which until 1920 he entered in 1918 in the Parliament and he subsequently represented as a senator until 1925. In subsequent years it came for his nationalist and fascist views to clashes with the party leadership. In 1934 he appeared in the leadership of the National Front, a coalition of ten Czech, fascist -minded parties. In the same year he was involved in the founding of National Unity ( Národní Sjednocení ), a conglomerate Czech radical right-wing parties and political groupings and was elected there as Deputy Chairman. The late thirties he became involved in the fascist organization Vlajka.

Works

As a medically oriented physiologist, he published his views in the writings VSEOBECNA fysiologie ( General Physiology ) and fysiologie I-IV, but in addition he also wrote a number of scientific papers on metabolism, blood circulation and nerve pathways.

As a philosopher, he represented since the late 19th century vitalism of Henri Bergson and Hans Driesch. At the same time he was one of the critics of the Czech positivism and advocates and defenders of the authenticity of the Koniginhof handwriting.