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Lysander Spooner

1808 - 1887

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Lysander Spooner (January 19, 1808 – May 14, 1887) was an American abolitionist, entrepreneur, lawyer, essayist, natural rights legal theorist, pamphleteer, political philosopher, and writer often associated with the Boston anarchist tradition. Spooner was a strong advocate of the labor movement and is politically identified with individualist anarchism. His writings contributed to the development of both left-libertarian and right-libertarian political theory. Spooner's writings include the abolitionist book The Unconstitutionality of Slavery and No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority, which opposed treason charges against secessionists. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Lysander Spooner is the 957th most popular philosopher (down from 927th in 2019), the 4,285th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,315th in 2019) and the 39th most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Lysander Spooner ranks 957 out of 1,267. Before him are Tomáš Halík, Cineas, Ajita Kesakambali, Andrea Carlo Ferrari, Zeno of Tarsus, and Michel Onfray. After him are Leontion, Edmund Gettier, Herbert Feigl, Critolaus, Abraham Joshua Heschel, and Georges Florovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1808, Lysander Spooner ranks 44. Before him are Auguste Franchomme, Johann Benedict Listing, Johann Kaspar Bluntschli, Prince Frederick of Württemberg, Caterina Scarpellini, and James Nasmyth. After him are August von Werder, Henry Cole, Michael William Balfe, Josef Kajetán Tyl, Salmon P. Chase, and Pyotr Chikhachyov. Among people deceased in 1887, Lysander Spooner ranks 33. Before him are Joseph Whitworth, J. C. Jacobsen, Prince Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein, Louis Gallait, Ditlev Gothard Monrad, and Otto Lesser. After him are August von Werder, Moritz Wagner, Peter Jan Beckx, Mohamed Sherif Pasha, Emma Lazarus, and Lorenzo Batlle y Grau.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lysander Spooner ranks 4,285 out of 20,380. Before him are Lesley Ann Warren (1946), Tony Todd (1954), Celeste Holm (1917), Tomas Arana (1955), Victor Wong (1927), and Beals Wright (1879). After him are Thurgood Marshall (1908), Sanford B. Dole (1844), Richard F. Outcault (1863), Roy Jones Jr. (1969), Kristanna Loken (1979), and Barnum Brown (1873).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Lysander Spooner ranks 39. Before him are Ted Nelson (1937), Susanne Langer (1895), Donald Davidson (1917), David Lewis (1941), Peter Lamborn Wilson (1945), and Robert Anton Wilson (1932). After him are Edmund Gettier (1927), Wilfrid Sellars (1912), Harry Frankfurt (1929), Ram Dass (1931), Stanley Cavell (1926), and Lon L. Fuller (1902).

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