PHILOSOPHER

Jean Hyppolite

1907 - 1968

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Jean Hyppolite (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ipɔlit]; 8 January 1907 – 26 October 1968) was a French philosopher known for championing the work of G.W.F. Hegel, and other German philosophers, and educating some of France's most prominent post-war thinkers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Hyppolite has received more than 138,507 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Jean Hyppolite is the 609th most popular philosopher (up from 620th in 2019), the 1,894th most popular biography from France (up from 1,977th in 2019) and the 80th most popular French Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Jean Hyppolite ranks 609 out of 1,267. Before him are Abhinavagupta, Paul Nizan, Peter Deunov, Thomas Reid, Crates of Mallus, and Al-Taftazani. After him are Antonio Rosmini, Roman Ingarden, Constantin von Tischendorf, R. G. Collingwood, Hermann Samuel Reimarus, and Berengar of Tours.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Jean Hyppolite ranks 93. Before him are Run Run Shaw, Anne Desclos, Franz Jägerstätter, Pavel Sudoplatov, Maria Branyas, and Sebastian Haffner. After him are Avraham Stern, Manfred von Ardenne, Momčilo Đujić, Ernesto Mascheroni, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, and Arseny Tarkovsky. Among people deceased in 1968, Jean Hyppolite ranks 50. Before him are Fritz Bauer, Husband E. Kimmel, Leopold Infeld, Giovannino Guareschi, John Heartfield, and Fedor Tokarev. After him are István Dobi, Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen, Franz Pfeffer von Salomon, Upton Sinclair, Konstantin Paustovsky, and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Hyppolite ranks 1,894 out of 6,770. Before him are Fulk I, Count of Anjou (870), Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours (1644), Louis, Duke of Brittany (1707), Jean de Meun (1240), François Périer (1919), and Marcel Petiot (1897). After him are Charles-André van Loo (1705), Charles de Bourbon (1523), Jean-Baptiste Bessières (1768), Louis Durey (1888), Daniel Revenu (1942), and Alain Juppé (1945).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Jean Hyppolite ranks 80. Before him are Georges Canguilhem (1904), Jacques Ellul (1912), Gersonides (1288), Étienne Balibar (1942), Maurice Blondel (1861), and Paul Nizan (1905). After him are Berengar of Tours (998), Yves Bonnefoy (1923), Pierre Charron (1541), Louis Lavelle (1883), Paul Virilio (1932), and Jean Wahl (1888).

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