▁would ▁en roll ▁him ▁in ▁the ▁Coll ège ▁Saint - St an is las , ▁a ▁strict ▁Roman ▁Catholic ▁institution ▁run ▁by ▁the ▁Jes uits . ▁Though ▁going ▁on ▁to ▁describing ▁his ▁years ▁there ▁as ▁an ▁" orde al ," ▁Fou ca ult ▁would ▁excel ▁academ ically , ▁particularly ▁in ▁philosophy , ▁history , ▁and ▁literature . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 2 ▁he ▁entered ▁his ▁final ▁year , ▁the ▁termin ale , ▁where ▁he ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁philosophy , ▁ear ning ▁his ▁b ac cal aur é at ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 3 . ▁ ▁Return ing ▁to ▁the ▁local ▁Ly c ée ▁Henry - IV , ▁he ▁studied ▁history ▁and ▁philosophy ▁for ▁a ▁year , ▁a ided ▁by ▁a ▁personal ▁t utor , ▁the ▁phil os opher ▁. ▁Re ject ing ▁his ▁father ' s ▁wishes ▁that ▁he ▁become ▁a ▁sur geon , ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 5 ▁Fou ca ult ▁went ▁to ▁Paris , ▁where ▁he ▁en rolled ▁in ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁country ' s ▁most ▁pr estig ious ▁secondary ▁schools , ▁which ▁was ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Ly c ée ▁Henri - IV . ▁Here ▁he ▁studied ▁under ▁the ▁phil os opher ▁Jean ▁Hy pp ol ite , ▁an ▁exist ential ist ▁and ▁expert ▁on ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁ 1 9 th - century ▁German ▁phil os opher ▁Georg ▁Wilhelm ▁Friedrich ▁H eg el . ▁Hy pp ol ite ▁had ▁devoted ▁himself ▁to ▁unit ing ▁exist ential ist ▁theories ▁with ▁the ▁dialect ical ▁theories ▁of