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Arthur Oncken Lovejoy

1873 - 1962

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Arthur Oncken Lovejoy (October 10, 1873 – December 30, 1962) was an American philosopher and intellectual historian, who founded the discipline known as the history of ideas with his book The Great Chain of Being (1936), on the topic of that name, which is regarded as 'probably the single most influential work in the history of ideas in the United States during the last half century'. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1932. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Oncken Lovejoy has received more than 127,841 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Arthur Oncken Lovejoy is the 905th most popular philosopher (down from 897th in 2019), the 3,157th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,084th in 2019) and the 114th most popular German Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Arthur Oncken Lovejoy ranks 905 out of 1,267. Before him are Nikolay Lossky, Paul de Man, William of Conches, Ramananda, Michael Löwy, and Gregory of Tatev. After him are Lastheneia of Mantinea, Jacques-André Naigeon, Hermias, Johannes Agricola, Erich Neumann, and Christian von Ehrenfels.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Arthur Oncken Lovejoy ranks 95. Before him are Jaap Eden, Marija Jurić Zagorka, Gyula Peidl, Richard Wilhelm, José Martínez Ruiz, and Charles Fox Parham. After him are Gustaf John Ramstedt, Michele Besso, Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde, Leo Baeck, Ford Madox Ford, and Mariano Azuela. Among people deceased in 1962, Arthur Oncken Lovejoy ranks 98. Before him are Ricardo Rodríguez, Max Vasmer, José Giral, Pedro Pablo Ramírez, Edmond Privat, and Dhondo Keshav Karve. After him are Luigi Carnera, Eugene Aynsley Goossens, Richard Herrmann, Abdullah Goran, Carl Diem, and Hermann Muhs.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Arthur Oncken Lovejoy ranks 3,157 out of 7,253. Before him are Theodor Oberländer (1905), Rolf Carls (1885), Adam Ries (1492), Hugo Eckener (1868), Karl Lehmann (1936), and Tanita Tikaram (1969). After him are Philipp von Boeselager (1917), Hans Erich Nossack (1901), Friedrich Kirchner (1885), Johann Samuel König (1712), Guido Westerwelle (1961), and Johann Caspar Kerll (1627).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Arthur Oncken Lovejoy ranks 114. Before him are Valentin Weigel (1533), Rudolf Stammler (1856), Johann Heinrich Alsted (1588), Theodoric of Freiberg (1250), Albrecht Ritschl (1822), and Ernst von Glasersfeld (1917). After him are Johannes Agricola (1494), Erich Neumann (1905), Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann (1743), Karl Groos (1861), Gabriel Biel (1418), and Rüdiger Safranski (1945).

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