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George Gurdjieff

1866 - 1949

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George Ivanovich Gurdjieff (c. 1867 – 29 October 1949) was a Greek–Armenian philosopher, mystic, spiritual teacher, composer, and movements teacher. Gurdjieff taught that people are not conscious of themselves and thus live their lives in a state of hypnotic "waking sleep", but that it is possible to awaken to a higher state of consciousness and serve our purpose as human beings. The practice of his teaching has become known as "The Work" (connoting work on oneself) and is additional to the ways of the Fakirs (Sufis), Monks and Yogis, so that his student P. D. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Gurdjieff has received more than 2,745,028 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). George Gurdjieff is the 98th most popular philosopher (up from 116th in 2019), the most popular biography from Armenia and the most popular Armenian Philosopher.

George Gurdjieff is most famous for his book, "Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson."

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, George Gurdjieff ranks 98 out of 1,267. Before him are Walter Benjamin, Zhuang Zhou, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Jean Bodin, Boethius, and Jeremy Bentham. After him are Roger Bacon, Anaximenes of Miletus, Al-Tabari, Aristippus, Jacques Derrida, and Roland Barthes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, George Gurdjieff ranks 4. Before him are Wassily Kandinsky, Sun Yat-sen, and Romain Rolland. After him are Erik Satie, H. G. Wells, Antoine Meillet, Thomas Hunt Morgan, Alfred Werner, Benedetto Croce, Giovanni Agnelli, and Aby Warburg. Among people deceased in 1949, George Gurdjieff ranks 3. Before him are Maurice Maeterlinck, and Richard Strauss. After him are Sigrid Undset, Georgi Dimitrov, Hassan al-Banna, Edward Thorndike, Margaret Mitchell, Friedrich Bergius, James Ensor, Charles Ponzi, and Klaus Mann.

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In Armenia

Among people born in Armenia, George Gurdjieff ranks 1 out of 163. After him are Tigranes the Great (-140), Gregory the Illuminator (257), Leo V the Armenian (775), Anastas Mikoyan (1895), Najm ad-Din Ayyub (1100), Artem Mikoyan (1905), Shirkuh (1100), Hayk (410), Tiridates III of Armenia (255), Albert Azaryan (1929), and Khachatur Abovian (1805).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Armenia

Among philosophers born in Armenia, George Gurdjieff ranks 1. After him are Anania Shirakatsi (610).

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