PHILOSOPHER

Berengar of Tours

998 - 1088

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Berengar of Tours (died 6 January 1088), in Latin Berengarius Turonensis, was an 11th-century French Christian theologian and archdeacon of Angers, a scholar whose leadership of the cathedral school at Chartres set an example of intellectual inquiry through the revived tools of dialectic that was soon followed at cathedral schools of Laon and Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Berengar of Tours has received more than 122,920 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Berengar of Tours is the 615th most popular philosopher (down from 532nd in 2019), the 1,910th most popular biography from France (down from 1,664th in 2019) and the 81st most popular French Philosopher.

Berengar of Tours is most famous for his work in the field of logic. He was one of the first logicians to use the term "syllogism" and he was the first to use the term "conclusion."

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Berengar of Tours ranks 615 out of 1,267. Before him are Jean Hyppolite, Antonio Rosmini, Roman Ingarden, Constantin von Tischendorf, R. G. Collingwood, and Hermann Samuel Reimarus. After him are Reinhold Niebuhr, Kuno Fischer, Marpa Lotsawa, Dharmakirti, Vilém Flusser, and Kitaro Nishida.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 998, Berengar of Tours ranks 3. Before him are George Maniakes, and Mas'ud I of Ghazni. After him is Muhammad of Ghazni. Among people deceased in 1088, Berengar of Tours ranks 2. Before him is Nasir Khusraw. After him are Abu Bakr ibn Umar, Hermann of Salm, and John Doukas.

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In France

Among people born in France, Berengar of Tours ranks 1,910 out of 6,770. Before him are Edward, Count of Savoy (1284), Marcabru (1200), Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon (1693), Francis Veber (1937), Princess Elisabeth of Savoy (1800), and Guy Roux (1938). After him are Michel Hidalgo (1933), Paul Abadie (1812), Hugh Magnus (1007), Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano (1721), Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665), and Jean-Louis Schlesser (1948).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Berengar of Tours ranks 81. Before him are Jacques Ellul (1912), Gersonides (1288), Étienne Balibar (1942), Maurice Blondel (1861), Paul Nizan (1905), and Jean Hyppolite (1907). After him are Yves Bonnefoy (1923), Pierre Charron (1541), Louis Lavelle (1883), Paul Virilio (1932), Jean Wahl (1888), and Pierre Hadot (1922).

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