André Comte-Sponville (born 12 March 1952) is a French philosopher.

André Comte-Sponville was born in Paris, France.

He studied in the École Normale Supérieure and earned a PhD from Panthéon-Sorbonne University, and is aggregated in philosophy.

[1] He is a proponent of atheism and materialism, but in a particular form, because of his spiritualistic aim.

This is especially present in his essay L'esprit de l'athéisme [fr], published in 2006.