PHILOSOPHER

Franz Rosenzweig

1886 - 1929

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Franz Rosenzweig (; German: [ˌfʁant͡s ˈʁoːzn̩ˌt͡svaɪ̯k] ; 25 December 1886 – 10 December 1929) was a German theologian, philosopher, and translator. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz Rosenzweig has received more than 227,144 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Franz Rosenzweig is the 411th most popular philosopher (up from 440th in 2019), the 1,024th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,151st in 2019) and the 57th most popular German Philosopher.

Franz Rosenzweig is most famous for his book "The Star of Redemption" which is a work of Jewish philosophy. He was a German-Jewish philosopher and theologian.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Franz Rosenzweig ranks 411 out of 1,267Before him are Eubulides, Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, Brunetto Latini, Peter Sloterdijk, Phaedo of Elis, and Franciscus Patricius. After him are Eudemus of Rhodes, Buddhaghosa, Siger of Brabant, Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais, John Philoponus, and Bernard of Chartres.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Franz Rosenzweig ranks 43Before him are Vittorio Pozzo, Henri Coandă, Paul Tillich, Aron Nimzowitsch, Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, and Marcel Dupré. After him are Dong Biwu, Edward C. Tolman, Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Alain-Fournier, Gottfried Benn, and Erich Fellgiebel. Among people deceased in 1929, Franz Rosenzweig ranks 24Before him are Mercédès Jellinek, Wyatt Earp, Antoine Bourdelle, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Charles Cooley. After him are Habibullāh Kalakāni, Arthur Scherbius, Gyula Andrássy the Younger, Prince Henry of Prussia, Thomas Burke, and Richard Réti.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Franz Rosenzweig ranks 1,024 out of 7,253Before him are Gert Fröbe (1913), Hrotsvitha (935), Walter Röhrl (1947), Charles De Coster (1827), Christian Wirth (1885), and Karl Bühler (1879). After him are Günther Lütjens (1889), Beate Klarsfeld (1939), Erwin Neher (1944), Carl von Linde (1842), Friedrich Jeckeln (1895), and Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark (1647).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Franz Rosenzweig ranks 57Before him are Leo Strauss (1899), Karl Rahner (1904), Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann (1842), Christian Thomasius (1655), Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach (1775), and Peter Sloterdijk (1947). After him are Henry Suso (1295), Johannes Althusius (1563), Paul Natorp (1854), Hans Reichenbach (1891), Ernst Troeltsch (1865), and Carl Stumpf (1848).