PHILOSOPHER

François Fénelon

1651 - 1715

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François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon, PSS (French: [fʁɑ̃swa də saliɲak də la mɔt fenəlɔ̃]), more commonly known as François Fénelon (6 August 1651 – 7 January 1715), was a French Catholic archbishop, theologian, poet and writer. Today, he is remembered mostly as the author of The Adventures of Telemachus, first published in 1699. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Fénelon has received more than 360,575 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). François Fénelon is the 282nd most popular philosopher (down from 240th in 2019), the 733rd most popular biography from France (down from 603rd in 2019) and the 38th most popular French Philosopher.

François Fénelon was a French Catholic archbishop, theologian, and writer. He is most famous for his work "Maxims of the Saints" which is a collection of maxims on Christian spirituality.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, François Fénelon ranks 282 out of 1,267. Before him are Pherecydes of Syros, Priscus, Sri Aurobindo, Euclid of Megara, Celsus, and Cleobulus. After him are Synesius, Bruno Bauer, Bruno Latour, Mazdak, Paramahansa Yogananda, and G. E. Moore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1651, François Fénelon ranks 2. Before him is Margaret Theresa of Spain. After him are Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, William Dampier, Natalya Naryshkina, Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, Engelbert Kaempfer, Madame d'Aulnoy, Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld, Charles II, Elector Palatine, Charles Eugène de Croÿ, and Dimitry of Rostov. Among people deceased in 1715, François Fénelon ranks 4. Before him are Louis XIV of France, Nicolas Malebranche, and Gülnuş Sultan. After him are Dom Pérignon, Antoine Galland, Marie Mancini, William Dampier, Thomas Savery, Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Pu Songling, and Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Fénelon ranks 733 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis Le Vau (1612), François Darlan (1881), Charles Nicolle (1866), Raymond Queneau (1903), Claude of France (1499), and Peter Waldo (1140). After him are William Longsword (893), John, Duke of Berry (1340), Jeanne Hébuterne (1898), Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (1713), Bruno Latour (1947), and Dom Pérignon (1639).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, François Fénelon ranks 38. Before him are Roger Garaudy (1913), Guy Debord (1931), Georges Sorel (1847), Nicole Oresme (1323), Raymond Aron (1905), and Jacques Maritain (1882). After him are Bruno Latour (1947), Roscellinus (1050), Sebastian Brant (1458), Henri Lefebvre (1901), Antoine Arnauld (1612), and Félix Guattari (1930).

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