PHILOSOPHER

Jakob Lorber

1800 - 1864

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Jakob Lorber (22 July 1800 – 23 August 1864) was a Christian mystic and self-professed visionary from the Duchy of Styria who promoted liberal Universalism, and who referred to himself as "God's scribe". He wrote that, on 15 March 1840, he began hearing an "inner voice" from the "region" of his heart, thereafter transcribing what it said. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jakob Lorber has received more than 98,380 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jakob Lorber is the 814th most popular philosopher (down from 714th in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Slovenia (down from 35th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Slovene Philosopher.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Jakob Lorber ranks 814 out of 1,267. Before her are Eric Hoffer, Herman of Carinthia, Hecataeus of Abdera, Jakob Friedrich Fries, Konstantin Leontiev, and Michael Baius. After her are Gautama Maharishi, Liu Yuxi, Kazimierz Twardowski, Yajnavalkya, Anandamayi Ma, and Cheng Hao.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1800, Jakob Lorber ranks 36. Before her are Achille Devéria, George Bentham, Ányos Jedlik, John Nelson Darby, Charles Rogier, and Aga Khan I. After her are Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Mihály Vörösmarty, Ekkathat, Friedrich August Stüler, Emil Aarestrup, and Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym. Among people deceased in 1864, Jakob Lorber ranks 29. Before her are Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria, Stephen Foster, David Roberts, Adam Wilhelm Moltke, Anton Schindler, and Karl Ernst Claus. After her are Christian Ludwig Brehm, Henryk Dembiński, Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin, El Hadj Umar Tall, Robert Torrens, and Alexandre Calame.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Jakob Lorber ranks 48 out of 340. Before her are Anna of Cilli (1380), Milan Vidmar (1885), Drago Jančar (1948), Leon Štukelj (1898), Ivana Kobilca (1861), and Ivan Regen (1868). After her are Anton Janša (1734), Edvard Kocbek (1904), Max Fabiani (1865), Constantin von Wurzbach (1818), Sergej Kraigher (1914), and Anton Haus (1851).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Slovenia

Among philosophers born in Slovenia, Jakob Lorber ranks 2. Before her are Slavoj Žižek (1949). After her are Alenka Zupančič (1966).

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