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Erasmus

1466 - 1536

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Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (; Dutch: [ˌdeːziˈdeːriʏs eˈrɑsmʏs]; English: Erasmus of Rotterdam or Erasmus; 28 October c.1466 – 12 July 1536) was a Dutch Christian humanist, Catholic theologian, educationalist, satirist, and philosopher. Through his vast number of translations, books, essays, prayers and letters, he is considered one of the most influential thinkers of the Northern Renaissance and one of the major figures of Dutch and Western culture. He was an important figure in classical scholarship who wrote in a spontaneous, copious and natural Latin style. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erasmus has received more than 3,808,211 page views. His biography is available in 97 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 94 in 2019). Erasmus is the 30th most popular philosopher (down from 25th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Netherlands and the most popular Dutch Philosopher.

Erasmus is most famous for his work in the field of humanism. He believed that the Bible should be available to everyone and not just priests and monks. He also believed that people should be able to read the Bible in their own language.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Erasmus ranks 30 out of 1,267. Before him are Seneca the Younger, Friedrich Engels, Averroes, Auguste Comte, Thomas Hobbes, and Al-Ghazali. After him are Diogenes, Parmenides, Baruch Spinoza, Anaximander, Al-Farabi, and Martin Heidegger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1466, Erasmus ranks 1. After him are Moctezuma II, Elizabeth of York, Andrea Doria, Quentin Matsys, Alonso de Ojeda, Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua, Şehzade Ahmet, Giovanni Sforza, Ottaviano Petrucci, Ashikaga Yoshitane, and Marino Sanuto the Younger. Among people deceased in 1536, Erasmus ranks 1. After him are Anne Boleyn, Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, Catherine of Aragon, Baldassare Peruzzi, Germaine of Foix, William Tyndale, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, Francis III, Duke of Brittany, Garcilaso de la Vega, John of Leiden, and Cecilia Gallerani.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Erasmus ranks 4 out of 1,646. Before him are Vincent van Gogh (1853), Rembrandt (1606), and Johannes Vermeer (1632). After him are Baruch Spinoza (1632), Piet Mondrian (1872), Johan Cruyff (1947), Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525), Hieronymus Bosch (1450), Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632), Christiaan Huygens (1629), and Hugo Grotius (1583).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Netherlands

Among philosophers born in Netherlands, Erasmus ranks 1. After him are Baruch Spinoza (1632), Jacobus Arminius (1560), Rodolphus Agricola (1443), Jacob Moleschott (1822), Dirck Coornhert (1522), Bas van Fraassen (1941), Marsilius of Inghen (1335), and Thomas van Erpe (1584).

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