Carlos Bernardo González Pecotche

Carlos Bernardo González Pecotche
Born (1901-08-11)August 11, 1901
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died April 4, 1963(1963-04-04) (aged 61)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Pen name Raumsol
Occupation Writer, humanist and thinker
Language Spanish
Nationality Argentine
Spouse Paulina Eugenia Puntel (1924-1963)
Children Carlos Federico González Puntel

Carlos Bernardo González Pecotche (August 11, 1901 April 4, 1963), also known as Raumsol, was an Argentine humanist and thinker. He created and developed Logosophy in 1930.

Biography

González Pecotche was a son of Jorge N. González and Maria Pecotche de González. He married Paulina Eugenia Puntel on October 8, 1924 and had a son, Carlos Federico González Puntel, born on July 10, 1925.

He founded the first Logosophical Cultural Center on August 11, 1930, in the city of Córdoba, Argentina. Afterwards he implemented the creation of many other logosophical centers of study in Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. He was the editor of two magazines (Aquarius, 1931–1939, and Logosofía, 1941–1947) and a newspaper (El Heraldo Raumsólico, 1935–1938), committed in teaching and divulging logosophical knowledge. He gave more than a thousand conferences and classes in Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil maintaining, during his life, extensive and comprehensive contact with scholars of Logosophy all over the world, as well as with intellectuals in South America and Europe. He wrote several books concerning Logosophy in several genres.[1]

He also created the Logosophical Educational System, which today has 7 schools in Brazil, 2 in Argentina and 1 in Uruguay. These schools apply the logosophical pedagogy.[2]

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Pecotche's bust

The city of Buenos Aires (Argentina) has paid him an homage with a plate on the Portugal Plaza and with a Plaza that takes his name, near the National Library.

References

  1. Logosophy - international portal
  2. Logosophical Educational System
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