PHILOSOPHER

Sebastian Brant

1458 - 1521

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Sebastian Brant (also Brandt) (1457/1458 – 10 May 1521) was a German humanist and satirist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sebastian Brant has received more than 102,817 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Sebastian Brant is the 302nd most popular philosopher (up from 311th in 2019), the 785th most popular biography from France (up from 842nd in 2019) and the 41st most popular French Philosopher.

Sebastian Brant is most famous for his book "Das Narrenschiff" or "Ship of Fools". He wrote this book in 1494 and it is a satire on the customs and practices of the time.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Sebastian Brant ranks 302 out of 1,267. Before him are Alexander of Aphrodisias, James Ussher, Otto Weininger, Franz Brentano, Fukuzawa Yukichi, and Ramana Maharshi. After him are Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Abu Yusuf, Henri Lefebvre, Robert Nozick, Hwang Jini, and Antoine Arnauld.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1458, Sebastian Brant ranks 2. Before him is Saint Casimir. After him are Piri Mehmed Pasha, Eleanor of Viseu, Jacopo Sannazaro, Katherine Woodville, Duchess of Buckingham, and John II, Duke of Cleves. Among people deceased in 1521, Sebastian Brant ranks 7. Before him are Ferdinand Magellan, Pope Leo X, Manuel I of Portugal, Josquin des Prez, Juan Ponce de León, and Zhengde Emperor. After him are Christina of Saxony, Leonardo Loredan, Francisco Serrão, Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon, Raffaele Riario, and Jorge Álvares.

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In France

Among people born in France, Sebastian Brant ranks 785 out of 6,770. Before him are François l'Olonnais (1635), Margaret of Provence (1221), Jean-Pierre Cassel (1932), Stéphanie de Beauharnais (1789), Louis de Montfort (1673), and Émile Loubet (1838). After him are Léonin (1135), Maurice Quentin de La Tour (1704), Jules Grévy (1807), Joanna of Bourbon (1338), Georges Rouault (1871), and Robert Curthose (1054).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Sebastian Brant ranks 41. Before him are Nicole Oresme (1323), Raymond Aron (1905), Jacques Maritain (1882), François Fénelon (1651), Bruno Latour (1947), and Roscellinus (1050). After him are Henri Lefebvre (1901), Antoine Arnauld (1612), Félix Guattari (1930), Lucien Lévy-Bruhl (1857), Edgar Morin (1921), and Maurice Halbwachs (1877).

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