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Per Arvid Ingemar Hedenius (April 5, 1908–April 30, 1982) was a Swedish philosopher. He was Professor of Practical Philosophy at the University of Uppsala (1947-1973). He was a famous opponent of organised Christianity. The Swedish Humanist Association, known in Sweden as "Humanisterna", offers the Ingemar Hedenius Award each year to support humanist ideas and critical thinking. ==Background== Hedenius' grandfather Per Hedenius (1828-1896) was a famous professor of pathology and for a while rector of Uppsala University. His father Israel Hedenius (1868-1932) was in 1900 a doctor of medicine and teacher of medical practice, and in 1927 was appointed personal physician to the King of Sweden. Hedenius' mother, born Anna Bergh, was from an upper class Norwegian family. The two married in 1905 and had three children: Per (1905), Ingemar and Ann Marie (1909). Both parents were very religious. Ingemar took the entrance examination for the Norra Latin school in 1927. After he completed upper secondary school he studied at Uppsala University where he wrote his doctoral thesis ''Sensationalism and theology in Berkeley's philosophy'', discussing the philosophy of George Berkeley. Svante Nordin, professor of history of science and ideas at Lund University, published a book in 2004 called ''Ingemar Hedenius: en filosof och hans tid'' (''Ingemar Hedenius: a philosopher and his time''). This gives a picture of Ingemar Hedenius based on a rich collection of letters and other documents. According to the text at the back of the book, Hedenius was "a person with strong musical, artistic and literary interests. He liked to play the flute, including performing in public. () harsh both in writing and in speech with enemies and opponents, gentle and sensitive with his friends." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ingemar Hedenius」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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