PHILOSOPHER

Étienne-Gabriel Morelly

1717 - 1778

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Étienne-Gabriel Morelly (French: [etjɛn gabʁjɛl mɔʁɛli]; 1717–1778) was a French utopian thinker, philosopher and novelist. An otherwise "obscure tax official", and teacher, Morelly wrote two books on education, a critique of Montesquieu and The Code of Nature, which was published anonymously in France in 1755. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Étienne-Gabriel Morelly has received more than 78,533 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Étienne-Gabriel Morelly is the 697th most popular philosopher (down from 670th in 2019), the 2,253rd most popular biography from France (down from 2,169th in 2019) and the 90th most popular French Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Étienne-Gabriel Morelly ranks 697 out of 1,267. Before him are François Bernier, Mechthild of Magdeburg, Jerry Fodor, Francesco Algarotti, Helmuth Plessner, and Chandrakirti. After him are Onesicritus, Ludwig Klages, Pantaenus, Numenius of Apamea, Olaf Stapledon, and Crantor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1717, Étienne-Gabriel Morelly ranks 14. Before him are Ernst Gideon von Laudon, Marie Anne de Mailly, Louis François, Prince of Conti, Horace Walpole, David Garrick, and Ebrahim Afshar. After him are Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Alexander Sumarokov, Molla Panah Vagif, Princess Christine of Hesse-Rotenburg, and João de Loureiro. Among people deceased in 1778, Étienne-Gabriel Morelly ranks 10. Before him are Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Laura Bassi, Anna Maria Mozart, James Hargreaves, Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano, and William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham. After him are Thomas Arne, Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo, Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Francesca Cuzzoni, Charles De Geer, and Princess Christine of Hesse-Rotenburg.

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In France

Among people born in France, Étienne-Gabriel Morelly ranks 2,253 out of 6,770. Before him are Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786), Beatrice of Lorraine (1017), Benedict Joseph Labre (1748), Eugène Marin Labiche (1815), Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano (1628), and Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis (1746). After him are Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (1955), Drogo of Champagne (670), Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (1487), Achille Devéria (1800), François-André Vincent (1746), and André Dussollier (1946).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Étienne-Gabriel Morelly ranks 90. Before him are Louis Lavelle (1883), Paul Virilio (1932), Jean Wahl (1888), Pierre Hadot (1922), Jean-Marie Guyau (1854), and Amalric of Bena (1150). After him are Julien Benda (1867), Fulbert of Chartres (960), Émile Boutroux (1845), Gilbert de la Porrée (1070), Vladimir Jankélévitch (1903), and Élisabeth Badinter (1944).

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