PHILOSOPHER

Paul Deussen

1845 - 1919

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Paul Jakob Deussen (German: [ˈpaʊl ˈjaːkɔp ˈdɔʏsn̩]; 7 January 1845 – 6 July 1919) was a German Indologist and professor of philosophy at University of Kiel. Strongly influenced by Arthur Schopenhauer, Deussen was a friend of Friedrich Nietzsche and Swami Vivekananda. In 1911, he founded the Schopenhauer Society (Schopenhauer-Gesellschaft). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Deussen has received more than 129,218 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Paul Deussen is the 1,033rd most popular philosopher (down from 1,025th in 2019), the 3,938th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,858th in 2019) and the 127th most popular German Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Paul Deussen ranks 1,033 out of 1,267. Before him are Hermann Usener, Josiah Royce, August Böckh, Idomeneus of Lampsacus, Jaime Balmes, and Sopater of Apamea. After him are Cercidas, Alexander Men, Ecphantus the Pythagorean, Mary Daly, Wilhelm Gesenius, and Carl Dahlhaus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, Paul Deussen ranks 73. Before him are Judith Gautier, Ulisse Dini, Ulises Heureaux, Antonin Mercié, Nina Grieg, and Jorge Montt. After him are André Bessette, Salim bin Thuwaini, Žemaitė, Zygmunt Gorazdowski, Arthur MacArthur Jr., and José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco. Among people deceased in 1919, Paul Deussen ranks 114. Before him are Pavel Chistyakov, Elia Millosevich, Louis Diémer, Amado Nervo, Mikhail Tugan-Baranovsky, and Woldemar Voigt. After him are Mary Edwards Walker, Tibor Szamuely, Viktor Knorre, Ricardo Palma, José Santos Zelaya, and Wallace Clement Sabine.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Paul Deussen ranks 3,938 out of 7,253. Before him are Leopold II, Prince of Lippe (1796), Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1846), Timo Boll (1981), Friedrich Sixt von Armin (1851), Hans Felber (1889), and Werner Teske (1942). After him are Prince August of Württemberg (1813), Per Mertesacker (1984), Otto Graf Lambsdorff (1926), Gottfried August Homilius (1714), John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1621), and Paul Mebus (1920).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Paul Deussen ranks 127. Before him are Gottlob Ernst Schulze (1761), Heinrich Khunrath (1560), Friedrich Paulsen (1846), Robert Spaemann (1927), Hermann Usener (1834), and August Böckh (1785). After him are Wilhelm Gesenius (1786), Carl Dahlhaus (1928), Theodor Benfey (1809), Hermann Gunkel (1862), Justus Möser (1720), and Immanuel Hermann Fichte (1796).

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