PHILOSOPHER

Hans Jonas

1903 - 1993

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Hans Jonas (; German: [ˈjoːnas]; 10 May 1903 – 5 February 1993) was a German-born American Jewish philosopher. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Jonas has received more than 320,420 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Hans Jonas is the 263rd most popular philosopher (up from 264th in 2019), the 553rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 566th in 2019) and the 37th most popular German Philosopher.

Hans Jonas is most famous for his work on the philosophy of technology. He was a Jewish philosopher born in Germany, and he fled to the United States during the Nazi regime. His most famous work is "The Imperative of Responsibility: In Search of Ethics for the Technological Age."

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Hans Jonas ranks 263 out of 1,267. Before him are Isaiah Berlin, Shen Kuo, William Godwin, Speusippus, Ibn al-Nafis, and Nicole Oresme. After him are Ammonius Saccas, Jerome of Prague, Raymond Aron, Abraham ibn Ezra, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, and Fakhr al-Din al-Razi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Hans Jonas ranks 25. Before him are Jan Tinbergen, Anaïs Nin, Mustafa Barzani, Galeazzo Ciano, José Antonio Primo de Rivera, and Hugo Theorell. After him are Nikolai Podgorny, Igor Kurchatov, Jiro Horikoshi, Fahri Korutürk, Karl Hanke, and Raymond Queneau. Among people deceased in 1993, Hans Jonas ranks 17. Before him are Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Turgut Özal, Anthony Burgess, Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, André the Giant, and Bobby Moore. After him are Albert Sabin, Inge Lehmann, Polykarp Kusch, Kōbō Abe, Bill Bixby, and Wolfgang Paul.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Jonas ranks 553 out of 7,253. Before him are Kurt Student (1890), Willi Stoph (1914), Robert Ritter von Greim (1892), Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (1687), Wolfgang Petersen (1941), and Kurt Weill (1900). After him are Jenny von Westphalen (1814), Caroline of Baden (1776), August Schleicher (1821), Hans von Euler-Chelpin (1873), Walther von Reichenau (1884), and Albert the Bear (1100).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Hans Jonas ranks 37. Before him are Athanasius Kircher (1602), Moses Mendelssohn (1729), Adam Weishaupt (1748), Rudolf Carnap (1891), Ernst Bloch (1885), and Hugh of Saint Victor (1096). After him are Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743), Bruno Bauer (1809), Johann Reuchlin (1455), Franz Brentano (1838), Carl Gustav Hempel (1905), and Rudolf Bultmann (1884).

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