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PHILOSOPHER

Richard David Precht

1964 - Today

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Richard David Precht (German: [ˈʁɪçaʁt ˈdaːvɪt ˈpʁɛçt]; born 8 December 1964) is a German philosopher and author of successful popular science books about philosophical issues. He hosts the TV show "Precht" on ZDF. He was an honorary professor of philosophy at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg from 2011 to October 2023 and is an honorary professor of philosophy and aesthetics at the Hanns Eisler University of Music in Berlin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard David Precht has received more than 219,929 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Richard David Precht is the 1,131st most popular philosopher (down from 1,071st in 2019), the 4,690th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,292nd in 2019) and the 133rd most popular German Philosopher.

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  • 20

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  • 1.34

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  • 4.08

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Richard David Precht ranks 1,131 out of 1,081Before him are Charles Hartshorne, Sara Danius, C. H. Dodd, Patricia Hill Collins, Walter Kaufmann, and Antoinette Brown Blackwell. After him are Peter Geach, Alexander Tarasov, Susan Haack, C. I. Lewis, Homi K. Bhabha, and J. J. C. Smart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Richard David Precht ranks 357Before him are Miguel Varoni, Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, Peter Wohlleben, Carlos Aguilera, Fernando De Napoli, and Laura Poitras. After him are Seiko Hashimoto, Sékouba Konaté, Ivan Bella, Debi Mazar, Andrea Chiesa, and Dunja Mijatović.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Richard David Precht ranks 4,690 out of 6,142Before him are Toni Ulmen (1906), Peter Wohlleben (1964), Walter Kaufmann (1921), Tim Wiese (1981), Tomislav Marić (1973), and Aki Schmidt (1935). After him are Wolfgang Peters (1929), Shawn Bradley (1972), Gert Hofmann (1931), Jamal Musiala (2003), Kiki Smith (1954), and Jan Frodeno (1981).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Richard David Precht ranks 133Before him are Martin Chemnitz (1522), Hermann Gunkel (1862), Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde (1930), F. C. S. Schiller (1864), Volker Zotz (1956), and Walter Kaufmann (1921).

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