Mihail Dragomirescu

He then obtained a degree from the University of Bucharest's literature and philosophy faculty; his 1892 thesis dealt with Herbert Spencer.

A student of Junimea founder Titu Maiorescu's, he took part in the 1890 establishment of the Cultural League for the Unity of All Romanians.

[1] Near the end of his tenure there, Junimea was undergoing a serious crisis marked by numerous differences on principle, exacerbated by the 1905 premiere of Ronetti Roman's play Manasse.

[1] Promoting an aesthetic purism, he adopted a set of Maiorescu's ideas while incorporating his own opinions to develop an original critical worldview.

Remaining an intellectual heir to Maiorescu,[1] an adherent of what critic Dan Mănucă labels neo-Junimism,[5] he anticipated structuralism at a time when determinism and historicism were both experiencing a decline in Europe.