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Jean Cavaillès

French philosopher and mathematician.

Born May 15th, 1903 in Saint-Maixent-l'École. [ref]

Died April 4th, 1944 at 40 years old in Arras (ballistic trauma).

Occupations
mathematician, philosopher, resistance fighter, university teacher

Death: something like birth, a natural mystery, elements that split and recombine. Not an embarrassing thing. Not an offense to reason, or our nature. Marcus Aurelius