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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 49,956 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ogyū Sorai is the 933rd most popular philosopher (down from 921st in 2019), the 903rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 899th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Japanese Philosopher.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Ogyū Sorai ranks 933 out of 1,081. Before him are Lysander Spooner, Charondas, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Critolaus, Peter Lamborn Wilson, and Samuel Alexander. After him are Gargi Vachaknavi, Olof Celsius, Carl Dahlhaus, Imran N. Hosein, Eudorus of Alexandria, and Andrea Carlo Ferrari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1666, Ogyū Sorai ranks 18. Before him are Princess Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau, Mary Astell, Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha, John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Benedetto Luti, and Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz. After him are Attilio Ariosti and George Bähr. Among people deceased in 1728, Ogyū Sorai ranks 17. Before him are Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Davit Bek, Fyodor Apraksin, Cotton Mather, Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp, and Jacob Heinrich von Flemming. 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 903 out of 6,048. Before him are Utagawa Toyokuni (1769), Hisashi Owada (1932), Hiraga Gennai (1728), Tadao Kobayashi (1930), Tokutaro Ukon (1913), and Mitsuteru Yokoyama (1934). After him are Chieko Baisho (1941), Yasuzo Masumura (1924), Yoshiaki Kawajiri (1950), Kazuhiko Inoue (1954), Gorō Miyazaki (1967), and Kazuhisa Kono (1950).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Japan

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

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