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Julien Benda

1867 - 1956

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Julien Benda (French: [ʒyljɛ̃ bɛ̃da]; 26 December 1867 – 7 June 1956) was a French philosopher and novelist, known as an essayist and cultural critic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Julien Benda has received more than 147,976 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Julien Benda is the 708th most popular philosopher (up from 728th in 2019), the 2,301st most popular biography from France (up from 2,417th in 2019) and the 91st most popular French Philosopher.

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  • 2.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Julien Benda ranks 708 out of 1,267. Before him are Olaf Stapledon, Crantor, Anne Conway, Eknath, Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī, and Joseph Albo. After him are Cristoforo Landino, Edvard Westermarck, Asclepigenia, Nikolai Amosov, Clitomachus, and Aedesia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Julien Benda ranks 63. Before him are Elvira Madigan, Masaoka Shiki, Jeanne Lanvin, Henri Gouraud, Arthur Rackham, and Sundance Kid. After him are Marie Krøyer, Yevgeny Miller, Ali Kemal, Phan Bội Châu, Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and Dagny Juel. Among people deceased in 1956, Julien Benda ranks 72. Before him are Erhard Raus, Lev Rudnev, Alexander Fadeyev, Ludwig Klages, Hermann Abendroth, and Jean Metzinger. After him are Jimmie Angel, Ernst Robert Curtius, Johann Radon, Guido Cantelli, Mikheil Gelovani, and Evelyn Beatrice Hall.

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In France

Among people born in France, Julien Benda ranks 2,301 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles de Lannoy, 1st Prince of Sulmona (1487), Maurice René Fréchet (1878), Alain Robert (1962), Jean Metzinger (1883), Jacques de Morgan (1857), and Guillaume-Antoine Olivier (1756). After him are Pierre de Castelnau (1170), Christian-Jaque (1904), Ginette Neveu (1919), Claude Alexandre de Bonneval (1675), Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605), and François Certain de Canrobert (1809).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Julien Benda ranks 91. Before him are Paul Virilio (1932), Jean Wahl (1888), Pierre Hadot (1922), Jean-Marie Guyau (1854), Amalric of Bena (1150), and Étienne-Gabriel Morelly (1717). After him are Fulbert of Chartres (960), Émile Boutroux (1845), Gilbert de la Porrée (1070), Vladimir Jankélévitch (1903), Élisabeth Badinter (1944), and Jean-Luc Marion (1946).

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