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PHILOSOPHER

Stanley Jaki

1924 - 2009

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Stanley L. Jaki (Jáki Szaniszló László) (17 August 1924 in Győr, Hungary – 7 April 2009 in Madrid, Spain) was a Hungarian-born priest of the Benedictine order. From 1975 to his death, he was Distinguished University Professor at Seton Hall University, in South Orange, New Jersey. He held doctorates in theology and in physics and was a leading contributor to the philosophy of science and the history of science, particularly to their relationship to Christianity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stanley Jaki has received more than 95,555 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Stanley Jaki is the 1,106th most popular philosopher (down from 1,041st in 2019), the 560th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 497th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Hungarian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Stanley Jaki ranks 1,106 out of 1,081Before him are James Burnham, Ralph Cudworth, Pritilata Waddedar, Walter Burley, William Alston, and Michael Hardt. After him are Max Black, Judith Jarvis Thomson, Vicente Ferreira da Silva, Edward Abramowski, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, and Ruth Barcan Marcus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Stanley Jaki ranks 354Before him are Humberto Fernández-Morán, Yvonne Brill, Pierre Adam, César Ruminski, George Amick, and Robert Körner. After him are F. Sionil José, Otis Spann, Antoine Cuissard, Hans Kalt, Joe Gaetjens, and Omero Tognon. Among people deceased in 2009, Stanley Jaki ranks 269Before him are Willy Kernen, Héctor Facundo, Ede Király, William Alston, César Ruminski, and József Sákovics. After him are Peter Arundell, Shōichi Nakagawa, Hugh Hopper, Daniel Jarque, Adriano Directo Emperado, and George Russell.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Stanley Jaki ranks 560 out of 866Before him are Sigmund Romberg (1887), Gyula Juhász (1883), Pál Várhidi (1931), Egon Orowan (1902), József Bajza (1804), and József Sákovics (1927). After him are Endre Steiner (1901), Imre Harangi (1913), Cécile Tormay (1876), Moshe Sanbar (1926), Olivér Halassy (1909), and Béla Las-Torres (1890).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Hungary

Among philosophers born in Hungary, Stanley Jaki ranks 8Before him are György Lukács (1885), Imre Lakatos (1922), Ágnes Heller (1929), Ervin László (1932), George Gerbner (1919), and Thomas Sebeok (1920).