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PHILOSOPHER

Günther Anders

1902 - 1992

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Günther Anders (German pronunciation: [ˈɡʏntɐ ˈandɐs]; born Günther Siegmund Stern, 12 July 1902 – 17 December 1992) was a German-born philosopher, journalist and critical theorist. Trained as a philosopher in the phenomenological tradition, he obtained his doctorate under Edmund Husserl in 1923 and worked then as a journalist at the Berliner Börsen-Courier. At that time, he changed his name Stern to Anders. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Günther Anders has received more than 288,031 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Günther Anders is the 362nd most popular philosopher (up from 423rd in 2019), the 179th most popular biography from Poland (up from 223rd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Polish Philosopher.

Günther Anders was a German philosopher and writer who is most famous for his book "The Obsolescence of Human Beings."

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Günther Anders ranks 362 out of 1,081. Before him are Uriel da Costa, Macrobius, Alexandre Kojève, Mulla Sadra, Ronald Dworkin, and Edward de Bono. After him are Fukuzawa Yukichi, Archelaus, Johann Georg Hamann, Moses Hess, Masanobu Fukuoka, and H. L. A. Hart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Günther Anders ranks 42. Before him are Juscelino Kubitschek, André Michel Lwoff, Mitsuo Fuchida, Felix Wankel, Fritz Strassmann, and Alexandre Kojève. After him are Luis Barragán, Princess Mafalda of Savoy, Prince George, Duke of Kent, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Lúcio Costa, and Max Ophüls. Among people deceased in 1992, Günther Anders ranks 32. Before him are Karl Carstens, Algirdas Julien Greimas, Peyo, Daniel Bovet, Paolo Borsellino, and John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer. After him are H. L. A. Hart, Kaysone Phomvihane, David Bohm, Sam Walton, Denny Hulme, and César Manrique.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Günther Anders ranks 179 out of 1,454. Before him are Otto Kretschmer (1912), Casimir I the Restorer (1016), Miroslav Klose (1978), Albrecht von Roon (1803), Robert Lewandowski (1988), and Itzhak Stern (1901). After him are Ignacy Mościcki (1867), B. Traven (1882), Mordechai Anielewicz (1919), Carl Wernicke (1848), Mieszko II Lambert (990), and Frederick I of Württemberg (1754).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Poland

Among philosophers born in Poland, Günther Anders ranks 10. Before him are Ernst Cassirer (1874), Christian Wolff (1679), Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768), Jakob Böhme (1575), Judah Loew ben Bezalel (1512), and Alfred Tarski (1901). After him are Paul Tillich (1886), Heinrich Rickert (1863), Leszek Kołakowski (1927), Chaïm Perelman (1912), Roman Ingarden (1893), and Florian Znaniecki (1882).

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