PHILOSOPHER

Firmin Abauzit

1679 - 1767

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Firmin Abauzit (11 November 1679 – 20 March 1767) was a French scholar who worked on physics, theology and philosophy, and served as librarian in Geneva (Republic of Geneva) during his final 40 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Firmin Abauzit has received more than 67,650 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Firmin Abauzit is the 947th most popular philosopher (down from 888th in 2019), the 3,399th most popular biography from France (down from 3,060th in 2019) and the 119th most popular French Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Firmin Abauzit ranks 947 out of 1,267. Before him are Robert Anton Wilson, Samuel Alexander, Ibrahim al-Nazzam, Gabriel Biel, Olavo de Carvalho, and Rüdiger Safranski. After him are Fernando Savater, Lacydes of Cyrene, Evald Ilyenkov, Tomáš Halík, Cineas, and Ajita Kesakambali.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1679, Firmin Abauzit ranks 11. Before him are Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma, Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Jean François de Troy, Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst, Pietro Filippo Scarlatti, and Pierre Fauchard. After him is Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. Among people deceased in 1767, Firmin Abauzit ranks 13. Before him are Burkhard Christoph von Münnich, Étienne de Silhouette, Johann Schobert, Princess Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen, Ekkathat, and Emer de Vattel. After him are Giacomo Ceruti, Charles Townshend, Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany, Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov, Prince John August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville.

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In France

Among people born in France, Firmin Abauzit ranks 3,399 out of 6,770. Before him are Catherine Hessling (1900), Jean Petit (1949), Maurice de Guérin (1810), Zacharie Astruc (1833), Julie Billiart (1751), and Nicolas Lemery (1645). After him are Dany Robin (1927), Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine (890), Edward Poynter (1836), Michel Delpech (1946), Robert Casadesus (1899), and Eugène Burnouf (1801).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Firmin Abauzit ranks 119. Before him are Beatus Rhenanus (1485), William of Conches (1080), Jacques-André Naigeon (1738), Denis Pétau (1583), Antoine Berman (1942), and Paul Janet (1823). After him are Michel Onfray (1959), Anselm of Laon (1050), Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy (1618), Pierre Nicole (1625), Guillaume Faye (1949), and Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe (1940).

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