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PHILOSOPHER

Raymond Aron

1905 - 1983

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Raymond Claude Ferdinand Aron (French: [ʁɛmɔ̃ aʁɔ̃]; 14 March 1905 – 17 October 1983) was a French philosopher, sociologist, political scientist, historian and journalist, one of France's most prominent thinkers of the 20th century. Aron is best known for his 1955 book The Opium of the Intellectuals, the title of which inverts Karl Marx's claim that religion was the opium of the people; he argues that Marxism was the opium of the intellectuals in post-war France. In the book, Aron chastised French intellectuals for what he described as their harsh criticism of capitalism and democracy and their simultaneous defense of the actions of the communist governments of the East. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raymond Aron has received more than 501,488 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia. Raymond Aron is the 273rd most popular philosopher (down from 258th in 2019), the 723rd most popular biography from France (down from 665th in 2019) and the 38th most popular French Philosopher.

Raymond Aron was a French philosopher, sociologist, and historian who is most famous for his contributions to the theory of totalitarianism.

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  • 46

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  • 6.18

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Raymond Aron ranks 273 out of 1,081. Before him are Julius Evola, Pherecydes of Syros, Paramahansa Yogananda, William Godwin, Georges Sorel, and Alain Badiou. After him are Alexander of Aphrodisias, G. E. Moore, Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Priscus, Bruno Bauer, and Panaetius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Raymond Aron ranks 21. Before him are Carl David Anderson, Vasily Grossman, Felix Bloch, Marcel Lefebvre, Arthur Koestler, and Artem Mikoyan. After him are Raymond Cattell, Guillermo Stábile, Emilio Segrè, Władysław Gomułka, Max Schmeling, and Dalton Trumbo. Among people deceased in 1983, Raymond Aron ranks 16. Before him are Jon Brower Minnoch, David Niven, Meyer Lansky, Nikolai Podgorny, Felix Bloch, and Arthur Koestler. After him are Albert Claude, Gloria Swanson, George Cukor, Gerhard Barkhorn, Buckminster Fuller, and Alfred Tarski.

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In France

Among people born in France, Raymond Aron ranks 723 out of 6,011. Before him are Jean Sylvain Bailly (1736), Marin Marais (1656), Jean Giraud (1938), Robert Doisneau (1912), Louis Le Vau (1612), and Gabrielle d'Estrées (1573). After him are Pope Stephen IX (1020), Charles III, Duke of Bourbon (1490), Prince Philippe, Count of Paris (1838), Charles-François Daubigny (1817), Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741), and Eugène Edine Pottier (1816).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Raymond Aron ranks 38. Before him are Guy Debord (1931), François Fénelon (1651), Jacques Maritain (1882), Nicole Oresme (1323), Roger Garaudy (1913), and Georges Sorel (1847). After him are Félix Guattari (1930), Roscellinus (1050), Lucien Lévy-Bruhl (1857), Sebastian Brant (1458), Jean-Luc Nancy (1940), and Henri Lefebvre (1901).

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