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PHILOSOPHER

Jan Patočka

1907 - 1977

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Jan Patočka (Czech pronunciation: [ˈpatot͡ʃka]; 1 June 1907 – 13 March 1977) was a Czech philosopher. Having studied in Prague, Paris, Berlin, and Freiburg, he was one of the last pupils of Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger. In Freiburg he also developed a lifelong philosophical friendship with Husserl's assistant Eugen Fink. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Patočka has received more than 125,165 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Jan Patočka is the 586th most popular philosopher (up from 596th in 2019), the 200th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 198th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Czech Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Jan Patočka ranks 586 out of 1,081. Before him are Gongsun Long, Hu Shih, Jean Améry, Zisi, Eknath, and Abhinavagupta. After him are Mechthild of Magdeburg, Mary Parker Follett, Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Alexander of Hales, Kanada, and Constantin von Tischendorf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Jan Patočka ranks 90. Before him are Trường Chinh, Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, Anne Desclos, Mehdi Bazargan, Manfred von Ardenne, and René Char. After him are Antonín Puč, Sisavang Vatthana, Pavel Sudoplatov, Johann Trollmann, Hans Martin Sutermeister, and Anthony Blunt. Among people deceased in 1977, Jan Patočka ranks 60. Before him are Eduard Roschmann, Juan Velasco Alvarado, Carlos Pace, Takeo Kurita, Alia Al-Hussein, and Yevgenia Ginzburg. After him are Félix Gouin, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Hans Martin Sutermeister, Tom Pryce, Bruno Streckenbach, and Kamal Jumblatt.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jan Patočka ranks 200 out of 973. Before him are Otto Kittel (1917), John Henry, Margrave of Moravia (1322), Franz Bardon (1909), Sigfried Held (1942), Jan Syrový (1888), and Jiří Trnka (1912). After him are Elizabeth of Görlitz (1390), Antonín Puč (1907), David Popper (1843), Martin of Opava (1300), Sidonie of Poděbrady (1449), and Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1531).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Czechia

Among philosophers born in Czechia, Jan Patočka ranks 8. Before him are Edmund Husserl (1859), Hans Kelsen (1881), Karl Kautsky (1854), Bernard Bolzano (1781), Jerome of Prague (1379), and Vilém Flusser (1920). After him are Karel Kosík (1926), František Tomášek (1899), Tomáš Halík (1948), Egon Bondy (1930), Ladislav Klíma (1878), and Herbert Feigl (1902).

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