PHILOSOPHER

Frithjof Schuon

1907 - 1998

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Frithjof Schuon ( SHOO-on; German: [ˈfʁɪtjɔf ˈʃuːɔn]; 18 June 1907 – 5 May 1998) was a Swiss metaphysician of German descent, belonging to the Traditionalist School of Perennialism. He was the author of more than twenty works in French on metaphysics, spirituality, religion, anthropology and art, which have been translated into English and many other languages. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frithjof Schuon has received more than 439,587 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Frithjof Schuon is the 634th most popular philosopher (up from 691st in 2019), the 174th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 196th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swiss Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Frithjof Schuon ranks 634 out of 1,267. Before him are Philipp Mainländer, Diogenes of Oenoanda, Ernst Nolte, David Hartley, Gongsun Long, and Yves Bonnefoy. After him are Nausiphanes, Jean Améry, Nicola Abbagnano, Eugen Fink, Ari Thorgilsson, and Maximus Planudes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Frithjof Schuon ranks 101. Before him are Manfred von Ardenne, Momčilo Đujić, Ernesto Mascheroni, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Arseny Tarkovsky, and Herbert Kappler. After him are Charles Eames, John Mauchly, Takeo Miki, Hans Martin Sutermeister, Pedro Arrupe, and Tino Rossi. Among people deceased in 1998, Frithjof Schuon ranks 70. Before him are Marie-Louise Meilleur, Haxhi Lleshi, Ferenc Deák, Roddy McDowall, Georgy Sviridov, and George Wallace. After him are Lucio Battisti, Momoko Kōchi, Ted Hughes, Remo Giazotto, Vladimir Demikhov, and Shotaro Ishinomori.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Frithjof Schuon ranks 174 out of 1,015. Before him are Peter Sauber (1943), Grock (1880), Albert von Kölliker (1817), Bernard Tschumi (1944), Matthias Zurbriggen (1856), and Michel Simon (1895). After him are Jo Siffert (1936), Arthur Cohn (1927), Viola Amherd (1962), Notker the Stammerer (840), Jacques Charles François Sturm (1803), and Isabelle Eberhardt (1877).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Switzerland

Among philosophers born in Switzerland, Frithjof Schuon ranks 4. Before him are Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712), Benjamin Constant (1767), and Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821). After him are Denis de Rougemont (1906), Jean Vanier (1928), Emer de Vattel (1714), Tariq Ramadan (1962), and Karl Ludwig von Haller (1768).

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