PHILOSOPHER

Benjamin Constant

1767 - 1830

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Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque (French: [ɑ̃ʁi bɛ̃ʒamɛ̃ kɔ̃stɑ̃ də ʁəbɛk]; 25 October 1767 – 8 December 1830), or simply Benjamin Constant, was a Swiss and French political thinker, activist and writer on political theory and religion. A committed republican from 1795, Constant backed the coup d'état of 18 Fructidor (4 September 1797) and the following one on 18 Brumaire (9 November 1799). During the Consulat, in 1800 he became the leader of the Liberal Opposition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benjamin Constant has received more than 474,125 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Benjamin Constant is the 227th most popular philosopher (up from 230th in 2019), the 47th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 41st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swiss Philosopher.

Benjamin Constant was a Swiss-French philosopher and politician who is most famous for his essay "The Liberty of Ancients Compared with that of Moderns."

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Benjamin Constant ranks 227 out of 1,267. Before him are Cratylus, Bayazid Bastami, Nikolai Berdyaev, Marsilius of Padua, Paul Feyerabend, and Vyasa. After him are Al-Jahiz, Arcesilaus, Carneades, Roger Garaudy, Prodicus, and Xenocrates.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1767, Benjamin Constant ranks 8. Before him are Joachim Murat, Wilhelm von Humboldt, Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, John Quincy Adams, Jean-Baptiste Say, and John VI of Portugal. After him are Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg, August Wilhelm Schlegel, Nicolas Oudinot, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, Manuel Godoy, and Henri Christophe. Among people deceased in 1830, Benjamin Constant ranks 7. Before him are Simón Bolívar, Joseph Fourier, Pope Pius VIII, George IV of the United Kingdom, Adam Weishaupt, and Francis I of the Two Sicilies. After him are Carlota Joaquina of Spain, Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, Antonio José de Sucre, Thomas Lawrence, Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Louis Henri, Prince of Condé.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Benjamin Constant ranks 47 out of 1,015. Before him are Jacob Bernoulli (1654), Angelica Kauffman (1741), Felix Bloch (1905), Albert II, Duke of Austria (1298), Emil Theodor Kocher (1841), and Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926). After him are Auguste Piccard (1884), Johannes Itten (1888), Diego Garcia (null), Robert Walser (1878), Hans Albert Einstein (1904), and Niklaus Wirth (1934).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Switzerland

Among philosophers born in Switzerland, Benjamin Constant ranks 2. Before him are Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712). After him are Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821), Frithjof Schuon (1907), Denis de Rougemont (1906), Jean Vanier (1928), Emer de Vattel (1714), Tariq Ramadan (1962), and Karl Ludwig von Haller (1768).

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