PHILOSOPHER

Kaibara Ekken

1630 - 1714

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Kaibara Ekken (貝原 益軒, December 17, 1630 – October 5, 1714) or Ekiken, also known as Atsunobu (篤信), was a Japanese Neo-Confucianist philosopher and botanist. Kaibara was born into a family of advisors to the daimyō of Fukuoka Domain in Chikuzen Province (modern-day Fukuoka Prefecture). He accompanied his father to Edo in 1648, and was sent in 1649 to Nagasaki to study Western science. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kaibara Ekken has received more than 55,307 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Kaibara Ekken is the 1,115th most popular philosopher.

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  • 48.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Kaibara Ekken ranks 1,115 out of 1,267. Before him are Clémence Royer, Gómez Pereira, Mario Perniola, Julián Marías, Boris Parygin, and Amos Bronson Alcott. After him are Ivan Merz, Victor Basch, Luciano Floridi, Władysław Tatarkiewicz, Walter Burley, and Joseph B. Soloveitchik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1630, Kaibara Ekken ranks 26. Before him are Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp, Lorenzo Gafà, Cornelis Pietersz Bega, Silvestro Valier, Jean Richer, and Sultan Bahu. After him is Lucy Walter. Among people deceased in 1714, Kaibara Ekken ranks 15. Before him are Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Constantin Brâncoveanu, Carlo Fontana, Vasily Golitsyn, Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, and Gottfried Arnold. After him are Prince Frederick William of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Matthew Henry, and Edmund Andros.

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