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PHILOSOPHER

Pierre Charron

1541 - 1603

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Pierre Charron (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ ʃaʁɔ̃]; 1541 – 16 November 1603, Paris), French Catholic theologian and major contributor to the new thought of the 17th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Charron has received more than 58,370 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Pierre Charron is the 630th most popular philosopher (down from 613th in 2019), the 2,024th most popular biography from France (down from 1,924th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular French Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Pierre Charron ranks 630 out of 1,081Before him are Philo of Larissa, Manuel Chrysoloras, María Zambrano, Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, Ernst Nolte, and Andreas Karlstadt. After him are Leo the Mathematician, Ari Thorgilsson, Gersonides, Franz Xaver von Baader, Gilbert Ryle, and Cebes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1541, Pierre Charron ranks 4Before him are El Greco, Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Ayşe Sultan. After him are Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I Saadi, Johann Bauhin, Hypatius Pociej, and Jakub Wujek. Among people deceased in 1603, Pierre Charron ranks 12Before him are Ahmad al-Mansur, Şehzade Mahmud, Andrea Cesalpino, Sharafkhan Bidlisi, Maerten de Vos, and Irina Godunova. After him are George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg, Ostilio Ricci, Philippe de Monte, Yemişçi Hasan Pasha, and Grace O'Malley.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Charron ranks 2,024 out of 6,011Before him are Pauline Félicité de Mailly-Nesle (1712), Bérenger Saunière (1852), Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec (1734), Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti (1695), Urbain Grandier (1590), and Eugène Carrière (1849). After him are Abbo of Fleury (945), Jacques Lemercier (1585), Thomas Merton (1915), Aldegonde (639), François Étienne de Kellermann (1770), and Bernard Lyot (1897).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Pierre Charron ranks 82Before him are Henry Corbin (1903), Paul Virilio (1932), Maurice Blondel (1861), Paul Nizan (1905), Yves Bonnefoy (1923), and Jean Hyppolite (1907). After him are Gersonides (1288), Pierre Hadot (1922), Louis Couturat (1868), Amalric of Bena (1150), Gilbert de la Porrée (1070), and Étienne-Gabriel Morelly (1717).