PHILOSOPHER

Johannes Althusius

1563 - 1638

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Johannes Althusius (1563 – August 12, 1638) was a German–French jurist and Calvinist political philosopher. He is best known for his 1603 work "Politica Methodice Digesta, Atque Exemplis Sacris et Profanis Illustrata" which revised editions were published in 1610 and 1614. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johannes Althusius has received more than 80,019 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Johannes Althusius is the 442nd most popular philosopher (down from 388th in 2019), the 1,146th most popular biography from Germany (down from 950th in 2019) and the 59th most popular German Philosopher.

Johannes Althusius is most famous for his theory of federalism, which he developed in his book "Politica." Althusius argues that the state should be divided into two levels: the city-state and the nation. The city-state is a group of people who live in a particular city and are governed by their own local government. The nation is made up of many city-states, and it is governed by a federal government.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Johannes Althusius ranks 442 out of 1,267. Before him are Giles of Rome, Ernest Gellner, Francisco Ferrer, Emmanuel Mounier, Thomas Cajetan, and Petrus Ramus. After him are Diogenes of Babylon, Ernesto Laclau, Theodorus the Atheist, Arnobius, John Toland, and Huiyuan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1563, Johannes Althusius ranks 4. Before him are Wanli Emperor, John Dowland, and Orazio Gentileschi. After him are Mavro Orbini, Henry II, Duke of Lorraine, Guru Arjan, Andrew Báthory, Jodocus Hondius, Hosokawa Gracia, Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, and Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst. Among people deceased in 1638, Johannes Althusius ranks 7. Before him are Cornelius Jansen, Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg, Adriaen Brouwer, Ivan Gundulić, François Leclerc du Tremblay, and Amakusa Shirō. After him are Cyril Lucaris, John Harvard, Cornelis van Haarlem, Peter Minuit, Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy, and Willem Blaeu.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johannes Althusius ranks 1,146 out of 7,253. Before him are Gotthard of Hildesheim (960), Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg (1744), Julius Richard Petri (1852), Uli Hoeneß (1952), Friedrich Hund (1896), and Otto Georg Thierack (1889). After him are Alfred Naujocks (1911), Lorenz von Stein (1815), Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1792), Karl von Bülow (1846), Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth (1892), and Friedrich Maximilian Klinger (1752).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Johannes Althusius ranks 59. Before him are Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann (1842), Christian Thomasius (1655), Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach (1775), Peter Sloterdijk (1947), Franz Rosenzweig (1886), and Henry Suso (1295). After him are Paul Natorp (1854), Hans Reichenbach (1891), Ernst Troeltsch (1865), Carl Stumpf (1848), Karl-Otto Apel (1922), and Hermann Lotze (1817).

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