João Cruz Costa

João da Cruz Costa (São Paulo, SP, 1904 – São Paulo, SP, 1978), was a Brazilian philosopher, "first student" of the Philosophy Faculty at Universidade de São Paulo, later becoming full professor at the same institution.

His intellectual work addressed different knowledge areas, especially about the development of philosophy in Brazil, "aiming to establish connections between thinking and the country's social, political and economic reality throughout its history. Essay writer, critic, sociologist, biographer, besides being philosopher, which showed the diversity of his knowledge. He would spread it by teaching and via articles written in simple language and published at the most important newspapers of his time: O Estado de S. Paulo, Folha de S.Paulo (formerly called ''Folha da Manhã)'', Jornal de São Paulo, Minerva de Buenos Aires and Jornadas do México. Member of the Paulista Writers Association, also of the Biology Society (at Instituto Histórico e Geográfico de São Paulo) and of the Ideas History Society of Mexico". Cruz Costa was forced to early retire by the military dictatorship in 1965, later dying in 1978. Provided by Wikipedia