PHILOSOPHER

Ogyū Sorai

1666 - 1728

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Ogyū Sorai (荻生 徂徠, March 21, 1666 – February 28, 1728), pen name Butsu Sorai, was a Japanese historian, philologist, philosopher, and translator. He has been described as the most influential such scholar during the Edo period Japan. His primary area of study was in applying the teachings of Confucianism to government and social order. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ogyū Sorai has received more than 52,586 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Ogyū Sorai is the 1,006th most popular philosopher (down from 933rd in 2019), the 1,021st most popular biography from Japan (down from 900th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Japanese Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Ogyū Sorai ranks 1,006 out of 1,267. Before him are Jacob Taubes, Jean François de Saint-Lambert, Isidore of Alexandria, Arulenus Rusticus, Tariq Ramadan, and Amelius. After him are Stanley Cavell, Lon L. Fuller, Androcles, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Heinrich Khunrath, and Alfonso Reyes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1666, Ogyū Sorai ranks 19. Before him are John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Mary Astell, Marie Thérèse de Bourbon, Benedetto Luti, Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz, and Attilio Ariosti. After him is George Bähr. Among people deceased in 1728, Ogyū Sorai ranks 17. Before him are Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Davit Bek, Fyodor Apraksin, Jacob Heinrich von Flemming, and Cotton Mather. After him are Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard, and William Sherard.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ogyū Sorai ranks 1,021 out of 6,245. Before him are Yoshiro Nakamatsu (1928), Toyohiro Akiyama (1942), Katsukawa Shunshō (1726), Damo Suzuki (1950), Homare Sawa (1978), and Toyohiko Kagawa (1888). After him are Hiroshi Nakajima (1928), Moto Hagio (1949), Hisashi Owada (1932), Yuko Shimizu (1946), Tatsumi Kimishima (1950), and Ōmura Masujirō (1824).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Japan

Among philosophers born in Japan, Ogyū Sorai ranks 9. Before him are Daisaku Ikeda (1928), Kitaro Nishida (1870), Hakuin Ekaku (1686), Hayashi Razan (1583), Motoori Norinaga (1730), and Arai Hakuseki (1657).

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