▁H eg el ▁and ▁Karl ▁Marx . ▁These ▁ideas ▁influenced ▁Fou ca ult , ▁who ▁adopted ▁Hy pp ol ite ' s ▁conv iction ▁that ▁philosophy ▁must ▁develop ▁through ▁a ▁study ▁of ▁history . ▁ ▁É cole ▁Norm ale ▁Sup érieure ▁and ▁University ▁of ▁Paris : ▁ 1 9 4 6 – 1 9 5 1 ▁ ▁In ▁aut umn ▁ 1 9 4 6 , ▁att aining ▁excellent ▁results , ▁Fou ca ult ▁would ▁be ▁admitted ▁to ▁the ▁él ite ▁É cole ▁Norm ale ▁Sup érieure ▁( EN S ), ▁for ▁which ▁he ▁under to ok ▁ex ams ▁and ▁an ▁or al ▁inter rog ation ▁by ▁Georges ▁C angu il hem ▁and ▁Pierre - Max ime ▁Sch u hl ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁gain ▁entry . ▁Of ▁the ▁hundred ▁students ▁entering ▁the ▁E NS , ▁Fou ca ult ▁ranked ▁fourth ▁based ▁on ▁his ▁entry ▁results , ▁and ▁encountered ▁the ▁highly ▁compet itive ▁nature ▁of ▁the ▁institution . ▁Like ▁most ▁of ▁his ▁class m ates , ▁he ▁lived ▁in ▁the ▁school ' s ▁commun al ▁d orm itories ▁on ▁the ▁Paris ian ▁R ue ▁d ' U lm . ▁He ▁remained ▁largely ▁un pop ular , ▁sp ending ▁much ▁time ▁alone , ▁reading ▁v ora ci ously . ▁ ▁His ▁fellow ▁students ▁noted ▁his ▁love ▁of ▁violence ▁and ▁the ▁mac ab re ; ▁he ▁decor ated ▁his ▁bed room ▁with ▁images ▁of ▁tort ure ▁and ▁war ▁drawn ▁during ▁the ▁Napole onic ▁Wars ▁by ▁Spanish ▁artist ▁Francisco ▁Go ya , ▁and ▁on ▁one ▁occasion ▁ch