1847 - 1922
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 502,177 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Georges Sorel is the 279th most popular philosopher (up from 297th in 2019), the 729th most popular biography from France (up from 754th in 2019) and the 38th 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, Georges Sorel ranks 279 out of 1,089. Before him are G. E. Moore, Sri Aurobindo, Cleanthes, François Fénelon, Johann Reuchlin, and Rudolf Bultmann. After him are Mazdak, Huineng, Robert Nozick, Abraham ibn Ezra, Jacobus Arminius, and Prodicus.
1873 - 1958
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 273
1872 - 1950
HPI: 72.96
Rank: 274
330 BC - 232 BC
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 275
1651 - 1715
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 276
1455 - 1522
HPI: 72.87
Rank: 277
1884 - 1976
HPI: 72.87
Rank: 278
1847 - 1922
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 279
450 - 529
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 280
638 - 713
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 281
1938 - 2002
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 282
1089 - 1167
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 283
1560 - 1609
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 284
460 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 285
Among people born in 1847, Georges Sorel ranks 12. Before him are Maria Feodorovna, Auguste Escoffier, Otto Wallach, Joseph Pulitzer, Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria, and Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy. After him are Max Liebermann, Jens Peter Jacobsen, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, Annie Besant, Maria Pia of Savoy, and Radomir Putnik. Among people deceased in 1922, Georges Sorel ranks 15. Before him are Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Hermann Rorschach, Fredrik Bajer, Walther Rathenau, Ernest Shackleton, and Vittorio Monti. After him are Ernest Solvay, Michael Collins, Albert I, Prince of Monaco, Nellie Bly, Mori Ōgai, and Yamagata Aritomo.
1847 - 1928
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 6
1847 - 1935
HPI: 76.00
Rank: 7
1847 - 1931
HPI: 75.81
Rank: 8
1847 - 1911
HPI: 75.65
Rank: 9
1847 - 1897
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 10
1847 - 1923
HPI: 73.23
Rank: 11
1847 - 1922
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 12
1847 - 1935
HPI: 72.62
Rank: 13
1847 - 1885
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 14
1847 - 1909
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 15
1847 - 1933
HPI: 70.90
Rank: 16
1847 - 1911
HPI: 70.69
Rank: 17
1847 - 1917
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 18
1858 - 1922
HPI: 74.69
Rank: 9
1884 - 1922
HPI: 74.47
Rank: 10
1837 - 1922
HPI: 74.01
Rank: 11
1867 - 1922
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 12
1874 - 1922
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 13
1868 - 1922
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 14
1847 - 1922
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 15
1838 - 1922
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 16
1890 - 1922
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 17
1848 - 1922
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 18
1864 - 1922
HPI: 71.82
Rank: 19
1862 - 1922
HPI: 71.35
Rank: 20
1838 - 1922
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 21
Among people born in France, Georges Sorel ranks 729 out of 5,234. Before him are Rudolph of France (890), Jean Froissart (1337), Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne (1611), Philippe de Vitry (1291), Guillaume de Nogaret (1260), and Princess Augusta of Bavaria (1788). After him are Nicolas Fouquet (1615), Maurice Gamelin (1872), Claude Lelouch (1937), Raoul Dufy (1877), Célestin Freinet (1896), and Bernart de Ventadorn (1135).
890 - 936
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 723
1337 - 1405
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 724
1611 - 1675
HPI: 72.88
Rank: 725
1291 - 1361
HPI: 72.87
Rank: 726
1260 - 1313
HPI: 72.87
Rank: 727
1788 - 1851
HPI: 72.85
Rank: 728
1847 - 1922
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 729
1615 - 1680
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 730
1872 - 1958
HPI: 72.80
Rank: 731
1937 - Present
HPI: 72.75
Rank: 732
1877 - 1953
HPI: 72.75
Rank: 733
1896 - 1966
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 734
1135 - 1190
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 735
Among philosophers born in France, Georges Sorel ranks 38. Before him are Guy Debord (1931), Jacques Maritain (1882), Nicole Oresme (1323), Raymond Aron (1905), Roger Garaudy (1913), and François Fénelon (1651). After him are Félix Guattari (1930), Roscellinus (1050), Sebastian Brant (1458), Lucien Lévy-Bruhl (1857), Henri Lefebvre (1901), and Bruno Latour (1947).
1931 - 1994
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 32
1882 - 1973
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 33
1323 - 1382
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 34
1905 - 1983
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 35
1913 - 2012
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 36
1651 - 1715
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 37
1847 - 1922
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 38
1930 - 1992
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 39
1050 - 1121
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 40
1458 - 1521
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 41
1857 - 1939
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 42
1901 - 1991
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 43
1947 - Present
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 44