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PHILOSOPHER

Arne Næss

1912 - 2009

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Arne Dekke Eide Næss (, AR-nə NESS; Urban East Norwegian: [ˈɑ̂ːɳə ˈdɛ̂kːə ˈæ̂ɪdə ˈnɛsː]; 27 January 1912 – 12 January 2009) was a Norwegian philosopher who coined the term "deep ecology", an important intellectual and inspirational figure within the environmental movement of the late twentieth century, and a prolific writer on many other philosophical issues. Næss cited Rachel Carson's 1962 book Silent Spring as being a key influence in his vision of deep ecology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arne Næss has received more than 556,050 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Arne Næss is the 545th most popular philosopher (down from 467th in 2019), the 77th most popular biography from Norway (up from 78th in 2019) and the most popular Norwegian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Arne Næss ranks 545 out of 1,081Before him are Conrad Celtes, Eugen Fink, Sergei Bulgakov, Nicos Poulantzas, Ananda Coomaraswamy, and Usman dan Fodio. After him are Sivananda Saraswati, Chandrakirti, Ivan Ilyin, Gianni Vattimo, Eduard Spranger, and Bernardino Telesio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Arne Næss ranks 82Before him are Barbara W. Tuchman, Michel Debré, A. E. van Vogt, Lady Bird Johnson, Woody Guthrie, and Chaïm Perelman. After him are Richard Brooks, Sohn Kee-chung, Hugh Griffith, Jacques Ellul, Shoichi Nishimura, and Perry Como. Among people deceased in 2009, Arne Næss ranks 62Before him are Vyacheslav Tikhonov, J. G. Ballard, Philip José Farmer, Qian Xuesen, Rafael Caldera, and Ingemar Johansson. After him are Takashi Takabayashi, Sydney Chaplin, Shih Kien, Susan Atkins, Israel Gelfand, and Irving Penn.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Arne Næss ranks 77 out of 927Before him are Sverre Fehn (1924), Axel Paulsen (1855), Sigurd the Crusader (1090), Johan Svendsen (1840), Magnus IV of Norway (1115), and Anders Behring Breivik (1979). After him are Herbjørg Wassmo (1942), Jan Garbarek (1947), Stein Rokkan (1921), Eiríkr Hákonarson (957), Magnus, Duke of Saxony (1042), and Christian Michelsen (1857).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Norway

Among philosophers born in Norway, Arne Næss ranks 1After him are Stein Rokkan (1921) and Anathon Aall (1867).