PHILOSOPHER

Martin Buber

1878 - 1965

Martin Buber

Martin Buber (Hebrew: מרטין בובר; German: Martin Buber; Yiddish: מארטין בובער; February 8, 1878 – June 13, 1965) was an Austrian Jewish and Israeli philosopher best known for his philosophy of dialogue, a form of existentialism centered on the distinction between the I–Thou relationship and the I–It relationship. Born in Vienna, Buber came from a family of observant Jews, but broke with Jewish custom to pursue secular studies in philosophy. In 1902, he became the editor of the weekly Die Welt, the central organ of the Zionist movement, although he later withdrew from organizational work in Zionism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Buber has received more than 923,697 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Martin Buber is the 127th most popular philosopher, the 59th most popular biography from Austria (down from 57th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Austrian Philosopher.

Martin Buber is most famous for his book I and Thou.

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920k
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78.74
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
58
Languages Editions (L)
11.11
Effective Languages (L*)
2.84
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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Martin Buber ranks 127 out of 1,089. Before him are John Wycliffe, Duns Scotus, Giambattista Vico, Marsilio Ficino, Oswald Spengler, and Henri de Saint-Simon. After him are Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, Joseph Priestley, Herbert Marcuse, Ramon Llull, Al-Tabari, and Jiddu Krishnamurti.

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HPI: 79.05
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1265 - 1308
HPI: 78.90
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HPI: 78.82
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Marsilio Ficino
1433 - 1499
HPI: 78.79
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Oswald Spengler
1880 - 1936
HPI: 78.78
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Henri de Saint-Simon
1760 - 1825
HPI: 78.77
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Martin Buber
1878 - 1965
HPI: 78.74
Rank: 127
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1703 - 1792
HPI: 78.67
Rank: 128
Joseph Priestley
1733 - 1804
HPI: 78.62
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Herbert Marcuse
1898 - 1979
HPI: 78.59
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Ramon Llull
1232 - 1316
HPI: 78.55
Rank: 131
Al-Tabari
839 - 923
HPI: 78.52
Rank: 132
Jiddu Krishnamurti
1895 - 1986
HPI: 78.43
Rank: 133

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Martin Buber ranks 4. Before him are Janusz Korczak, Lise Meitner, and John B. Watson. After him are Reza Shah, Pancho Villa, Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, Werner von Blomberg, Gustav Stresemann, André Citroën, Robert Walser, and Lucien Febvre. Among people deceased in 1965, Martin Buber ranks 6. Before him are Winston Churchill, Malcolm X, Le Corbusier, Albert Schweitzer, and Syngman Rhee. After him are W. Somerset Maugham, Stan Laurel, Farouk of Egypt, Eli Cohen, T. S. Eliot, and Nat King Cole.

Others Born in 1878

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Janusz Korczak
1878 - 1942
HPI: 80.41
Rank: 1
Lise Meitner
1878 - 1968
HPI: 79.30
Rank: 2
John B. Watson
1878 - 1958
HPI: 78.87
Rank: 3
Martin Buber
1878 - 1965
HPI: 78.74
Rank: 4
Reza Shah
1878 - 1944
HPI: 78.19
Rank: 5
Pancho Villa
1878 - 1923
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 6
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia
1878 - 1918
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 7
Werner von Blomberg
1878 - 1946
HPI: 76.30
Rank: 8
Gustav Stresemann
1878 - 1929
HPI: 75.80
Rank: 9
André Citroën
1878 - 1935
HPI: 75.59
Rank: 10
Robert Walser
1878 - 1956
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 11
Lucien Febvre
1878 - 1956
HPI: 73.82
Rank: 12