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Norberto Bobbio

1909 - 2004

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Norberto Bobbio (Italian: [norˈbɛrto ˈbɔbbjo]; 18 October 1909 – 9 January 2004) was an Italian philosopher of law and political sciences and a historian of political thought. He also wrote regularly for the Turin-based daily La Stampa. Bobbio was a social liberal in the tradition of Piero Gobetti, Carlo Rosselli, Guido Calogero, and Aldo Capitini. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Norberto Bobbio has received more than 218,546 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Norberto Bobbio is the 485th most popular philosopher (down from 456th in 2019), the 1,405th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,307th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Italian Philosopher.

Norberto Bobbio was an Italian philosopher and politician who is most famous for his work in the philosophy of law.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Norberto Bobbio ranks 485 out of 1,267. Before him are Willard Van Orman Quine, Arete of Cyrene, Yan Hui, Madhvacharya, Agrippa the Skeptic, and Yi Hwang. After him are Hegesias of Cyrene, Themistius, Ibn al-Rawandi, Anaxarchus, Murray Bookchin, and Sivananda Saraswati.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Norberto Bobbio ranks 47. Before him are Hélder Câmara, Vicente Feola, László Rajk, Colonel Tom Parker, Yiannis Ritsos, and Alexander Pechersky. After him are Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Rudolf Brandt, Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia, Rollo May, James Mason, and Otto Kumm. Among people deceased in 2004, Norberto Bobbio ranks 48. Before him are Robert Merle, Gérard Debreu, Ko Yong-hui, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Herbert C. Brown, and Arthur Hailey. After him are Brian Clough, Julia Child, Otto Kumm, Elmer Bernstein, Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, and José López Portillo y Pacheco.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Norberto Bobbio ranks 1,405 out of 5,161. Before him are Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682), Mauro Giuliani (1781), Giuseppe Conte (1964), Mariotto Albertinelli (1474), Andrew, Duke of Calabria (1327), and Cornelia (-97). After him are Giovanni Sforza (1466), Arsenius the Great (354), Giovanni Bononcini (1670), Mario Bava (1914), Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara (1545), and Amadeus II, Count of Savoy (1050).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Italy

Among philosophers born in Italy, Norberto Bobbio ranks 39. Before him are Giles of Rome (1243), Thomas Cajetan (1469), Gianni Vattimo (1936), Lucilio Vanini (1585), Vittorino da Feltre (1378), and Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri (1667). After him are Gaetano Mosca (1858), Dicaearchus (-350), Hippo (-500), Pietro d'Abano (1250), Myia (-600), and Silvia Federici (1942).

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