Octave Hamelin (22 July 1856 in Montpellier – 11 September 1907 in Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales) was a French philosopher.
Hamelin was a close friend of the sociologist Émile Durkheim, with whom he shared an interest in the French philosopher Charles Renouvier.
He is also known as a translator of classical Greek philosophers.
[citation needed] Hamelin drowned in 1907, attempting to save two young women.
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