PHILOSOPHER

Paul Janet

1823 - 1899

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Paul Alexandre René Janet (French pronunciation: [pɔl alɛksɑ̃dʁ ʁəne ʒanɛ]; 30 April 1823 – 4 October 1899) was a French philosopher and writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Janet has received more than 49,999 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Janet is the 938th most popular philosopher, the 3,344th most popular biography from France and the 118th most popular French Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Paul Janet ranks 938 out of 1,267Before him are Azmi Bishara, John Scott Haldane, Ervin László, Anandavardhana, Ramiro Ledesma Ramos, and Pedro da Fonseca. After him are Richard Swinburne, Debendranath Tagore, Robert Anton Wilson, Samuel Alexander, Ibrahim al-Nazzam, and Gabriel Biel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1823, Paul Janet ranks 45Before him are Karl Schenk, Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, Alfred Stevens, Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens, Sophie Adlersparre, and Imre Madách. After him are José María Iglesias, Schuyler Colfax, Ivan Aksakov, Jules Émile Planchon, Count Richard Belcredi, and Gustav Adolf, Cardinal Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst. Among people deceased in 1899, Paul Janet ranks 41Before him are Juan Luna, Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Lucien Quélet, Mór Than, José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior, and Sophronius IV of Alexandria. After him are Teodolfo Mertel, Matsumura Sōkon, Dwight L. Moody, Henry Becque, Antonio Guzmán Blanco, and Juliusz Kossak.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul Janet ranks 3,344 out of 6,770Before him are Claude Pompidou (1912), Christian Marin (1929), Pierre Bachelet (1944), Suzy Delair (1917), Robert II (1000), and Chiara Mastroianni (1972). After him are Princess Marie of Battenberg (1852), Émile Mâle (1862), Gabriel Bibron (1805), Jean-Pierre Mocky (1933), Julius Leber (1891), and Nasreddine Dinet (1861).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Paul Janet ranks 118Before him are Édouard Le Roy (1870), Beatus Rhenanus (1485), William of Conches (1080), Jacques-André Naigeon (1738), Denis Pétau (1583), and Antoine Berman (1942). After him are Firmin Abauzit (1679), Michel Onfray (1959), Anselm of Laon (1050), Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy (1618), Pierre Nicole (1625), and Guillaume Faye (1949).