PHILOSOPHER

Charles Fourier

1772 - 1837

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François Marie Charles Fourier (; French: [ʃaʁl fuʁje]; 7 April 1772 – 10 October 1837) was a French philosopher, an influential early socialist thinker, and one of the founders of utopian socialism. Some of his views, held to be radical in his lifetime, have become mainstream in modern society. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Fourier has received more than 1,136,771 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Charles Fourier is the 122nd most popular philosopher (down from 111th in 2019), the 261st most popular biography from France (down from 222nd in 2019) and the 14th most popular French Philosopher.

Charles Fourier was a French philosopher and social reformer. He is most famous for his theory of the four phases of society, which he believed were the "Asiatic," "Aquatic," "Feminine," and "Industrial."

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Charles Fourier ranks 122 out of 1,267. Before him are Pyrrho, Johann Friedrich Herbart, Simone Weil, Chanakya, Tommaso Campanella, and Mozi. After him are John Venn, Ramon Llull, Bonaventure, Philo, Joseph Priestley, and Hans-Georg Gadamer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1772, Charles Fourier ranks 3. Before him are David Ricardo, and Novalis. After him are William I of the Netherlands, Friedrich Schlegel, Nachman of Breslov, Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Ram Mohan Roy, Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, and Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien. Among people deceased in 1837, Charles Fourier ranks 4. Before him are William IV of the United Kingdom, Alexander Pushkin, and Hortense de Beauharnais. After him are Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, John Constable, Giacomo Leopardi, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Georg Büchner, François Gérard, Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands, and John Field.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles Fourier ranks 261 out of 6,770. Before him are Serge Gainsbourg (1928), Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1810), Michel Platini (1955), Rudolf Diesel (1858), Stéphane Mallarmé (1842), and Pope Innocent V (1225). After him are Maurice Leblanc (1864), Philip I of France (1052), Jules Massenet (1842), Henry I of France (1008), Charles I of Anjou (1226), and Frédéric Passy (1822).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Charles Fourier ranks 14. Before him are Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809), Jean Bodin (1530), Roland Barthes (1915), Gilles Deleuze (1925), Henri de Saint-Simon (1760), and Simone Weil (1909). After him are Jean Buridan (1295), Jean Baudrillard (1929), Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715), Ernest Renan (1823), Pierre Bayle (1647), and Paul Ricœur (1913).

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