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Gilles Deleuze was born in Paris, France. He was a French philosopher and professor. He wrote on philosophy, literature, film, and fine art. He educated at the University of Paris. He passed the agrégation in philosophy in 1948. His most popular works were the two volumes of Capitalism and Schizophrenia: Anti-Oedipus and A Thousand Plateaus, both co-written with psychoanalyst Félix Guattari. His metaphysical treatise Difference and Repetition is considered by many scholars to be his magnum opus. In 1953, he published his first monograph, Empiricism and Subjectivity, on David Hume. From 1960 to 1964 he held a position at the French National Center for Scientific Research. From 1964 to 1969 he was a professor at the University of Lyon. In 1968 he published his two dissertations, Difference and Repetition and Expressionism in Philosophy. In 1969 he was appointed to the University of Paris VIII at Vincennes/St. He taught at Vincennes until his retirement in 1987.