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PHILOSOPHER

Georges Sorel

1847 - 1922

Georges Sorel

Georges Eugène Sorel (; French: [sɔʁɛl]; 2 November 1847 – 29 August 1922) was a French social thinker, political theorist, historian, and later journalist. He has inspired theories and movements grouped under the name of Sorelianism. His social and political philosophy owed much to his reading of Proudhon, Karl Marx, Giambattista Vico, Henri Bergson (whose lectures at the Collège de France he attended), and later William James. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georges Sorel has received more than 686,350 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Georges Sorel is the 271st most popular philosopher (up from 279th in 2019), the 715th most popular biography from France (up from 728th in 2019) and the 37th most popular French Philosopher.

Georges Sorel is most famous for his work on the social and economic causes of revolution.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Georges Sorel ranks 271 out of 1,081. Before him are Xenocrates, Andronicus of Rhodes, Julius Evola, Pherecydes of Syros, Paramahansa Yogananda, and William Godwin. After him are Alain Badiou, Raymond Aron, Alexander of Aphrodisias, G. E. Moore, Houston Stewart Chamberlain, and Priscus.

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Paramahansa Yogananda
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HPI: 64.89
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Georges Sorel
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HPI: 64.87
Rank: 271
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HPI: 64.77
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Raymond Aron
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HPI: 64.74
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Alexander of Aphrodisias
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G. E. Moore
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Houston Stewart Chamberlain
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HPI: 64.63
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Priscus
410 - 471
HPI: 64.61
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Georges Sorel ranks 11. Before him are Maria Feodorovna, Otto Wallach, Jesse James, Auguste Escoffier, Joseph Pulitzer, and Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria. After him are Annie Besant, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, Jens Peter Jacobsen, Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, Jean Casimir-Perier, and Maria Pia of Savoy. Among people deceased in 1922, Georges Sorel ranks 14. Before him are Fredrik Bajer, Djemal Pasha, Ernest Shackleton, Hermann Rorschach, Albert I, Prince of Monaco, and Eliezer Ben-Yehuda. After him are Vittorio Monti, Ernest Solvay, Michael Collins, Nellie Bly, Walther Rathenau, and Yamagata Aritomo.

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Maria Feodorovna
1847 - 1928
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 5
Otto Wallach
1847 - 1931
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 6
Jesse James
1847 - 1882
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 7
Auguste Escoffier
1847 - 1935
HPI: 68.40
Rank: 8
Joseph Pulitzer
1847 - 1911
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 9
Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria
1847 - 1897
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 10
Georges Sorel
1847 - 1922
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 11
Annie Besant
1847 - 1933
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 12
Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia
1847 - 1909
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 13
Jens Peter Jacobsen
1847 - 1885
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 14
Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy
1847 - 1923
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 15
Jean Casimir-Perier
1847 - 1907
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 16
Maria Pia of Savoy
1847 - 1911
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 17