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PHILOSOPHER

Jean Buridan

1295 - 1361

Jean Buridan

Jean Buridan (French: [byʁidɑ̃]; Latin: Johannes Buridanus; c. 1301 – c. 1359/62) was an influential 14th‑century French philosopher. Buridan taught in the faculty of arts at the University of Paris for his entire career and focused in particular on logic and on the works of Aristotle. Buridan sowed the seeds of the Copernican Revolution in Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Buridan has received more than 242,876 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Jean Buridan is the 171st most popular philosopher (down from 167th in 2019), the 352nd most popular biography from France (down from 342nd in 2019) and the 18th most popular French Philosopher.

Jean Buridan is most famous for his theory on the will. He believed that the will is free and can choose its own course of action.

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240k
Page Views (PV)
69.65
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
43
Languages Editions (L)
11.45
Effective Languages (L*)
2.20
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Jean Buridan ranks 171 out of 1,081. Before him are Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Marshall McLuhan, Paul Ricœur, Chrysippus, Porphyry, and Max Scheler. After him are Julien Offray de La Mettrie, Karl Kautsky, Solomon ibn Gabirol, José Ortega y Gasset, Pierre Gassendi, and Max Horkheimer.

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Maurice Merleau-Ponty
1908 - 1961
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 165
Marshall McLuhan
1911 - 1980
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 166
Paul Ricœur
1913 - 2005
HPI: 69.69
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Chrysippus
281 BC - 208 BC
HPI: 69.67
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Porphyry
233 - 305
HPI: 69.66
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Max Scheler
1874 - 1928
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 170
Jean Buridan
1295 - 1361
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 171
Julien Offray de La Mettrie
1709 - 1751
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 172
Karl Kautsky
1854 - 1938
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 173
Solomon ibn Gabirol
1021 - 1058
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 174
José Ortega y Gasset
1883 - 1955
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 175
Pierre Gassendi
1592 - 1655
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 176
Max Horkheimer
1895 - 1973
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 177

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1295, Jean Buridan ranks 3. Before him are Saint Roch and Isabella of France. After him are Nicephorus Gregoras, Henry Suso, Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy, Catherine of Austria, Duchess of Calabria, and Nicholas Orsini. Among people deceased in 1361, Jean Buridan ranks 1. After him are Philippe de Vitry, Philip I, Duke of Burgundy, Johannes Tauler, Louis V, Duke of Bavaria, Blanche of Bourbon, Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster, Ingeborg of Norway, and Giovanni Dolfin.

Others Born in 1295

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Saint Roch
1295 - 1327
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 1
Isabella of France
1295 - 1358
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 2
Jean Buridan
1295 - 1361
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 3
Nicephorus Gregoras
1295 - 1360
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 4
Henry Suso
1295 - 1366
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 5
Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy
1295 - 1350
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 6
Catherine of Austria, Duchess of Calabria
1295 - 1323
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 7
Nicholas Orsini
1295 - 1323
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 8