PHILOSOPHER

Robert Filmer

1588 - 1653

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Sir Robert Filmer (c. 1588 – 26 May 1653) was an English political theorist who defended the divine right of kings. His best known work, Patriarcha, published posthumously in 1680, was the target of numerous Whig attempts at rebuttal, including Algernon Sidney's Discourses Concerning Government, James Tyrrell's Patriarcha Non Monarcha and John Locke's Two Treatises of Government. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Filmer has received more than 307,745 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Robert Filmer is the 726th most popular philosopher (down from 659th in 2019), the 1,587th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,484th in 2019) and the 44th most popular British Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Robert Filmer ranks 726 out of 1,267. Before him are John Cantius, Isaac Israeli ben Solomon, Anton Wilhelm Amo, Émile Boutroux, Richard of Saint Victor, and Thomas Hill Green. After him are Byung-Chul Han, Vazgen I, Alexius Meinong, Hermarchus, Syrianus, and Arnold Geulincx.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1588, Robert Filmer ranks 10. Before him are Hendrick ter Brugghen, Henri, Prince of Condé, Marina Mniszech, Isaac Beeckman, Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, and Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg. After him are Jan Janssonius, Pierre Séguier, Ole Worm, Johann Heinrich Alsted, Margherita Aldobrandini, and Claudius Salmasius. Among people deceased in 1653, Robert Filmer ranks 7. Before him are Artemisia Gentileschi, Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg, Maarten Tromp, Adriaen van Utrecht, Gabriel Naudé, and Luigi Rossi. After him are Simon de Vlieger, Théophraste Renaudot, Jan Wildens, Claudius Salmasius, Lucrezia Marinella, and Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Filmer ranks 1,587 out of 8,785. Before him are William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146), Steve Hackett (1950), Thomas Hill Green (1836), Henry Allingham (1896), Elizabeth Blount (1500), and Gytha of Wessex (1053). After him are James Hilton (1900), Neville Marriner (1924), Patrick O'Brian (1914), Francis Baily (1774), Ida Lupino (1918), and Alexander Mackenzie (1764).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Robert Filmer ranks 44. Before him are David Hartley (1705), Olaf Stapledon (1886), Anne Conway (1631), Gilbert Ryle (1900), Richard of Saint Victor (1110), and Thomas Hill Green (1836). After him are Philippa Foot (1920), P. F. Strawson (1919), Henry More (1614), Raymond Williams (1921), Stephen Toulmin (1922), and Frederick Copleston (1907).

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