PHILOSOPHER

Hasdai Crescas

1340 - 1410

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Hasdai ben Abraham Crescas (Catalan: [həzˈðaj ˈβeɲ ʒuˈða ˈkɾeskəs]; Hebrew: חסדאי קרשקש; c. 1340 in Barcelona – 1410/11 in Zaragoza) was a Spanish-Jewish philosopher and a renowned halakhist (teacher of Jewish law). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hasdai Crescas has received more than 115,161 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Hasdai Crescas is the 471st most popular philosopher (up from 502nd in 2019), the 406th most popular biography from Spain (up from 454th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Spanish Philosopher.

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  • 120k

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  • 60.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Hasdai Crescas ranks 471 out of 1,267. Before him are Daniel Dennett, Vincent of Beauvais, George Pachymeres, Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, Jean-Luc Nancy, and Hans Reichenbach. After him are Ravidas, P. D. Ouspensky, Ernst Troeltsch, Valentinus, Aristo of Chios, and Jyotirao Phule.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1340, Hasdai Crescas ranks 8. Before him are Albert, King of Sweden, Elizabeth of Bosnia, John, Duke of Berry, Haakon VI of Norway, Claus Sluter, and Theophanes the Greek. After him are Peter II, Count of Alençon, Geert Groote, Eleanor of Arborea, Nicholas Tavelic, Stephen of Perm, and Jacopo da Bologna. Among people deceased in 1410, Hasdai Crescas ranks 6. Before him are Rupert, King of Germany, Antipope Alexander V, Martin of Aragon, Ulrich von Jungingen, and Theophanes the Greek. After him are Louis II, Duke of Bourbon, Melchior Broederlam, Joanna Sophia of Bavaria, Yawar Waqaq, Spinello Aretino, and John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Hasdai Crescas ranks 406 out of 3,355. Before him are Martin I of Sicily (1374), Victoria de los Ángeles (1923), Catherine of Navarre (1470), Eleanor of Alburquerque (1374), Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans (1848), and Antipope Clement VIII (1370). After him are Sancho VII of Navarre (1154), María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias (1880), Abraham Cresques (1325), Pánfilo de Narváez (1478), Ordoño I of Asturias (821), and Arturo Pérez-Reverte (1951).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Spain

Among philosophers born in Spain, Hasdai Crescas ranks 19. Before him are Francisco de Vitoria (1483), Juan Luis Vives (1492), Pompeia Plotina (65), Nachmanides (1194), George Santayana (1863), and Francisco Ferrer (1859). After him are Luis de Molina (1535), María Zambrano (1904), Joseph Albo (1380), Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz (1606), Melchor Cano (1509), and Francisco Sanches (1550).

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