▁ph arm ac ist , ▁posit iv ist ▁ ▁phil os opher ▁and ▁ess ay ist . ▁▁ ▁He ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Pal ermo ▁( Ital y ), ▁and ▁graduated ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Buenos ▁Aires ▁School ▁of ▁Medicine ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 0 . ▁In gen ier os ▁was ▁philosoph ically ▁influenced ▁by ▁Herbert ▁Sp encer ▁and ▁August e ▁Com te , ▁and ▁wrote ▁a ▁very ▁important ▁philosoph ical ▁and ▁social ▁work , ▁" El ▁hombre ▁medi oc re " ▁( The ▁Medi oc re ▁Man ), ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 3 . ▁In gen ier os ▁founded ▁the ▁Buenos ▁Aires ▁Institute ▁of ▁C rimin ology ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 7 ▁and ▁the ▁Argent ine ▁Psych ological ▁Society ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 8 ; ▁he ▁was ▁elected ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁Argent ine ▁Medical ▁Association ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 9 . ▁ ▁In gen ier os ▁married ▁Eva ▁R uten berg , ▁in ▁La us anne , ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 4 . ▁App oint ed ▁Ass istant ▁Dean ▁of ▁the ▁School ▁of ▁Philosoph y ▁and ▁Let ters ▁of ▁his ▁al ma ▁mater , ▁he ▁played ▁a ▁prominent ▁role ▁in ▁the ▁land mark ▁University ▁reform ▁in ▁Argentina , ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 8 . ▁He ▁res igned ▁his ▁academic ▁posts ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 9 ▁to ▁join ▁Clar idad , ▁a ▁commun ist ▁organization , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 2 , ▁formed ▁Un ión ▁Lat ino amer ica , ▁a ▁political ▁action ▁committee