PHILOSOPHER

Francesco Algarotti

1712 - 1764

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Count Francesco Algarotti (11 December 1712 – 3 May 1764) was an Italian polymath, philosopher, poet, essayist, anglophile, art critic and art collector. He was a man of broad knowledge, an expert in Newtonianism, architecture and opera. He was a friend of Frederick the Great and leading authors of his times: Voltaire, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, Pierre-Louis de Maupertuis and the atheist Julien Offray de La Mettrie. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francesco Algarotti has received more than 151,286 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Francesco Algarotti is the 694th most popular philosopher (down from 668th in 2019), the 2,000th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,902nd in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Italian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Francesco Algarotti ranks 694 out of 1,267. Before him are Pyotr Lavrov, Alvin Plantinga, Hakuin Ekaku, François Bernier, Mechthild of Magdeburg, and Jerry Fodor. After him are Helmuth Plessner, Chandrakirti, Étienne-Gabriel Morelly, Onesicritus, Ludwig Klages, and Pantaenus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1712, Francesco Algarotti ranks 12. Before him are Sayat-Nova, Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp, Pauline Félicité de Mailly-Nesle, Charles-Michel de l'Épée, Tokugawa Ieshige, and Louis-Joseph de Montcalm. After him are Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay, Toriyama Sekien, George Grenville, Johann Samuel König, Claude Bourgelat, and Charles, Prince of Nassau-Usingen. Among people deceased in 1764, Francesco Algarotti ranks 11. Before him are Christian Goldbach, Pietro Locatelli, Johann Mattheson, Jean-Marie Leclair, Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Erik Pontoppidan. After him are William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Sophie Caroline of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Picander, Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Semyon Chelyuskin, and Hans Adolph Brorson.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francesco Algarotti ranks 2,000 out of 5,161. Before him are Paolo Sorrentino (1970), Joseph Freinademetz (1852), Luigi Comencini (1916), Bramantino (1465), Desiderio da Settignano (1430), and Giuseppe Siri (1906). After him are Alfredo Foni (1911), Antipope Callixtus III (null), Bobby Solo (1945), Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria (1839), Eugenio Castellotti (1930), and Aripert II (680).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Italy

Among philosophers born in Italy, Francesco Algarotti ranks 52. Before him are Bernardino Telesio (1509), Cesare Ripa (1555), Antonio Rosmini (1797), Antonio Labriola (1843), Nicola Abbagnano (1901), and Guarino da Verona (1374). After him are Pantaenus (200), Cristoforo Landino (1424), Paolo Sarpi (1552), Luigi Guido Grandi (1671), Philip of Opus (-400), and Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (1707).

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