PHILOSOPHER

Rudolph Goclenius

1547 - 1628

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Rudolph Goclenius the Elder (Latin: Rudolphus Goclenius; born Rudolf Gockel or Göckel; 1 March 1547 – 8 June 1628) was a German scholastic philosopher. Gockel is often credited with coining the term psychology in 1590, though the term had been used by Marko Marulić at least 66 years earlier. Gockel had extensive backing, and made significant contributions to the field of ontology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudolph Goclenius has received more than 61,748 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Rudolph Goclenius is the 679th most popular philosopher (up from 696th in 2019), the 2,032nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,152nd in 2019) and the 92nd most popular German Philosopher.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Rudolph Goclenius has had the most page views in the with 8,388 views, followed by Russian (3,728), and Spanish (3,611). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Esperanto (45.00%), Finnish (37.40%), and Egyptian Arabic (33.68%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Rudolph Goclenius ranks 679 out of 1,267. Before him are Cheng Yi, Julius Pollux, Lucien Goldmann, Jean-Marie Guyau, Wang Bi, and Amalric of Bena. After him are Anania Shirakatsi, Maximus of Tyre, Zhang Zai, Johannes Sturm, Zalmoxis, and Alexander Zinoviev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1547, Rudolph Goclenius ranks 12. Before him are Claude of France, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg, Oichi, Mateo Alemán, and Sanada Masayuki. After him are George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī, Maciej Stryjkowski, Krzysztof "Piorun" Radziwiłł, Alof de Wignacourt, and Princess Sophia of Sweden. Among people deceased in 1628, Rudolph Goclenius ranks 7. Before him are George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, François de Malherbe, Palma il Giovane, Cesare d'Este, Duke of Modena, Francesc Ribalta, and John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg. After him are Magdalene of Bavaria, John Bull, Jens Munk, and Nicolas Trigault.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rudolph Goclenius ranks 2,032 out of 7,253. Before him are Henry XVI, Duke of Bavaria (1386), Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1778), Wilhelm Ackermann (1896), Carl Friedrich Zelter (1758), Wilhelm Dörpfeld (1853), and Handrij Zejler (1804). After him are Anna of Brandenburg (1487), Kai Hansen (1963), Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse (1244), Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle (1809), Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1855), and Ernst Barkmann (1919).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Rudolph Goclenius ranks 92. Before him are Eugen Fink (1905), Friedrich Albert Lange (1828), Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769), Franz Xaver von Baader (1765), Johannes Nikolaus Tetens (1736), and Alfred Schmidt (1931). After him are Johannes Sturm (1507), Helmuth Plessner (1892), Ludwig Klages (1872), Arnold Ruge (1802), Theodor Lessing (1872), and Paul de Lagarde (1827).

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