PHILOSOPHER

Maurice Blondel

1861 - 1949

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Maurice Blondel (French: [blɔ̃dɛl]; 2 November 1861 – 4 June 1949) was a French philosopher, whose most influential works, notably L'Action, aimed at establishing the correct relationship between autonomous philosophical reasoning and Christian belief. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maurice Blondel has received more than 124,682 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Maurice Blondel is the 601st most popular philosopher (down from 594th in 2019), the 1,866th most popular biography from France (down from 1,862nd in 2019) and the 78th most popular French Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Maurice Blondel ranks 601 out of 1,267. Before him are Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai, Bardaisan, Aeschines of Sphettus, Arne Næss, Salomon Maimon, and Hans Albert. After him are Hu Shih, Abhinavagupta, Paul Nizan, Peter Deunov, Thomas Reid, and Crates of Mallus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Maurice Blondel ranks 43. Before him are Pierre Duhem, Michel Verne, Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal, Dorothea Klumpke, M. Visvesvaraya, and Stanislas de Guaita. After him are Jurji Zaydan, William C. Durant, Santiago Rusiñol, Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia, and Meir Dizengoff. Among people deceased in 1949, Maurice Blondel ranks 46. Before him are Joaquín Turina, Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia, Harry Stack Sullivan, Yoshijirō Umezu, André-Louis Debierne, and Leonard Bloomfield. After him are Hanns Albin Rauter, Prince Harald of Denmark, Hans Pfitzner, Vítězslav Novák, Vasily Degtyaryov, and Alice Bailey.

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In France

Among people born in France, Maurice Blondel ranks 1,866 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Pierre Aumont (1911), Charles Paul de Kock (1793), Amandus (600), Robert Desnos (1900), William V, Duke of Aquitaine (969), and Catherine Spaak (1945). After him are Jean-Marie Balestre (1921), Auguste Bravais (1811), Jean-Paul Laurens (1838), Philip I, Count of Savoy (1207), Jean Borotra (1898), and Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play (1806).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Maurice Blondel ranks 78. Before him are Émile Chartier (1868), Henry Corbin (1903), Georges Canguilhem (1904), Jacques Ellul (1912), Gersonides (1288), and Étienne Balibar (1942). After him are Paul Nizan (1905), Jean Hyppolite (1907), Berengar of Tours (998), Yves Bonnefoy (1923), Pierre Charron (1541), and Louis Lavelle (1883).

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