Romanian philosopher, poet, and politician Romanian stamp, Vasile Conta, 1965 Conta's grave in Iași.

Vasile Conta (Romanian pronunciation::; Armenian: Վասիլե Գրիգորեիի Կոնտա (Գոնտա); November 15, 1845 – April 21, 1882) was a Romanian philosopher, poet, and politician.

He was born in Ghindăoani, a village in Bălțătești commune, Neamț County.

He died in Bucharest.

Antisemitism

He was the true founder of the Romanian ideological antisemitism.: 14  His criteria were no longer those of a socioeconomic nature; they were derived from the "nationalities principle," nationalities as units of race and religion, forming the basis of existence of a state and a *genous nation.: 642 

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