PHILOSOPHER

Theodor Lessing

1872 - 1933

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Karl Theodor Richard Lessing (8 February 1872, Hanover – 31 August 1933, Marienbad) was a German Jewish philosopher. He is known for opposing the rise of Hindenburg as president of the Weimar Republic and for his classic on Jewish self-hatred (Der jüdische Selbsthaß), a book which he wrote in 1930, three years before Adolf Hitler came to power, in which he tried to explain the phenomenon of Jewish intellectuals who incited antisemitism against the Jewish people and who regarded Judaism as the source of evil in the world. Lessing's political ideals, as well as his Zionism made him a very controversial person during the rise of Nazi Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theodor Lessing has received more than 97,030 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Theodor Lessing is the 741st most popular philosopher (up from 756th in 2019), the 2,305th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,387th in 2019) and the 97th most popular German Philosopher.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

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Over the past year Theodor Lessing has had the most page views in the with 19,712 views, followed by English (14,944), and Czech (4,580). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Swedish (66.98%), Catalan (51.50%), and Malayalam (49.58%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Theodor Lessing ranks 741 out of 1,267. Before him are Hui Shi, James Mark Baldwin, Wolfhart Pannenberg, Gilbert de la Porrée, William Heard Kilpatrick, and Metrocles. After him are Philippa Foot, Mykhailo Drahomanov, P. F. Strawson, Li Zhi, Hemachandra, and John Argyropoulos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Theodor Lessing ranks 66. Before him are Solomiya Krushelnytska, Reginald Doherty, Ludwig Klages, Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium, Traian Vuia, and Adolf Schmal. After him are Luigi Orione, Arsen Kotsoyev, Hidesaburō Ueno, Johan Bojer, Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria, and Momčilo Tapavica. Among people deceased in 1933, Theodor Lessing ranks 48. Before him are Hasan Prishtina, Roscoe Arbuckle, Henri Duparc, Pierre Paul Émile Roux, Sen Katayama, and Hermann von François. After him are Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, Frank Jarvis, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, Giovanni Giacometti, and Princess Mathilde of Saxony.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Theodor Lessing ranks 2,305 out of 7,253. Before him are Adolf Schmal (1872), August Hermann Francke (1663), Franz Anton Maulbertsch (1724), Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck (1620), Konrad Peutinger (1465), and Ernst Curtius (1814). After him are Konstantin Hierl (1875), Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1779), Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1753), Oskar Fischinger (1900), Louis IV, Elector Palatine (1424), and Otto Brunfels (1488).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Theodor Lessing ranks 97. Before him are Alfred Schmidt (1931), Rudolph Goclenius (1547), Johannes Sturm (1507), Helmuth Plessner (1892), Ludwig Klages (1872), and Arnold Ruge (1802). After him are Paul de Lagarde (1827), Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg (1802), Albert of Saxony (1316), Friedrich Pollock (1894), Hans Robert Jauss (1921), and Leo Löwenthal (1900).

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