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PHILOSOPHER

José Ortega y Gasset

1883 - 1955

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José Ortega y Gasset (Spanish: [xoˈse oɾˈteɣaj ɣaˈset]; 9 May 1883 – 18 October 1955) was a Spanish philosopher and essayist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José Ortega y Gasset has received more than 870,204 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia. José Ortega y Gasset is the 175th most popular philosopher (up from 188th in 2019), the 78th most popular biography from Spain (up from 85th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Spanish Philosopher.

Ortega y Gasset is most famous for his idea of the "revolt of the masses" in which he believes that the masses have become more important than the individual.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, José Ortega y Gasset ranks 175 out of 1,081. Before him are Porphyry, Max Scheler, Jean Buridan, Julien Offray de La Mettrie, Karl Kautsky, and Solomon ibn Gabirol. After him are Pierre Gassendi, Max Horkheimer, Claude Adrien Helvétius, Emmanuel Levinas, Posidonius, and Hippasus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, José Ortega y Gasset ranks 13. Before him are Khalil Gibran, Joseph Schumpeter, Anton Webern, Nikos Kazantzakis, Jaroslav Hašek, and Lev Kamenev. After him are Clement Attlee, Grigory Zinoviev, Napoleon Hill, Morihei Ueshiba, Otto Heinrich Warburg, and Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria. Among people deceased in 1955, José Ortega y Gasset ranks 6. Before him are Albert Einstein, Alexander Fleming, Thomas Mann, James Dean, and Dale Carnegie. After him are Sadako Sasaki, António Egas Moniz, Charlie Parker, Fernand Léger, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, and Alberto Ascari.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, José Ortega y Gasset ranks 78 out of 2,932. Before him are Lucan (39), Muhammad XII of Granada (1459), Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475), Alfonso XII of Spain (1857), Abbas ibn Firnas (810), and Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021). After him are Josep Borrell (1947), Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (1507), Alfonso VI of León and Castile (1040), Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress (1528), Al-Zahrawi (936), and Ramón Mercader (1913).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Spain

Among philosophers born in Spain, José Ortega y Gasset ranks 6. Before him are Seneca the Younger (-4), Averroes (1126), Ibn Arabi (1165), Ramon Llull (1232), and Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021). After him are Ibn Tufail (1110), Miguel de Unamuno (1864), Baltasar Gracián (1601), Francisco Suárez (1548), Arnaldus de Villa Nova (1240), and Abraham ibn Ezra (1089).

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