1792 - 1867
Victor Cousin (French: [kuzɛ̃]; 28 November 1792 – 14 January 1867) was a French philosopher. He was the founder of "eclecticism", a briefly influential school of French philosophy that combined elements of German idealism and Scottish Common Sense Realism. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Victor Cousin has received more than 90,195 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Victor Cousin is the 500th most popular philosopher (up from 502nd in 2019), the 1,501st most popular biography from France (down from 1,479th in 2019) and the 71st most popular French Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Victor Cousin ranks 500 out of 1,089. Before him are Eudemus of Rhodes, Shantideva, Hasdai Crescas, Carl Stumpf, William of Champeaux, and Dhul-Nun al-Misri. After him are Ouyang Xiu, Alain de Benoist, Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Zoilus, Abu Yusuf, and Yi Hwang.
370 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 494
685 - 763
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 495
1340 - 1410
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 496
1848 - 1936
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 497
1070 - 1121
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 498
796 - 859
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 499
1792 - 1867
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 500
1007 - 1072
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 501
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.14
Rank: 502
1667 - 1733
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 503
400 BC - 320 BC
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 504
731 - 798
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 505
1501 - 1570
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 506
Among people born in 1792, Victor Cousin ranks 18. Before him are Johan August Arfwedson, William, Duke of Nassau, Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Maria Beatrice of Savoy, Matteo Carcassi, and Johann Peter Eckermann. After him are Francisco de Paula Santander, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, John Bowring, Carlos Antonio López, Gustav Schwab, and Francisco Morazán. Among people deceased in 1867, Victor Cousin ranks 13. Before him are Franz Bopp, Otto of Greece, Jean-Victor Poncelet, Maria Theresa of Austria, Sakamoto Ryōma, and Princess Sophie of Saxony. After him are William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel, Peter von Cornelius, Archduchess Mathilda of Austria, Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, and Giovanni Pacini.
1792 - 1841
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 12
1792 - 1839
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 13
1792 - 1849
HPI: 69.01
Rank: 14
1792 - 1840
HPI: 68.80
Rank: 15
1792 - 1853
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 16
1792 - 1854
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 17
1792 - 1867
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 18
1792 - 1840
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 19
1792 - 1878
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 20
1792 - 1872
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 21
1792 - 1862
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 22
1792 - 1850
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 23
1792 - 1842
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 24
1791 - 1867
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 7
1815 - 1867
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 8
1788 - 1867
HPI: 72.57
Rank: 9
1816 - 1867
HPI: 71.78
Rank: 10
1836 - 1867
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 11
1845 - 1867
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 12
1792 - 1867
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 13
1800 - 1867
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 14
1789 - 1867
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 15
1784 - 1867
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 16
1849 - 1867
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 17
1795 - 1867
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 18
1796 - 1867
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 19
Among people born in France, Victor Cousin ranks 1,501 out of 5,234. Before him are Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours (1489), William of Champeaux (1070), Gaston, Count of Eu (1842), Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken (1721), Thomas, Count of Savoy (1178), and Jean-Charles de Borda (1733). After him are Odilo of Cluny (961), Honoré III, Prince of Monaco (1720), Roger Lemerre (1941), Pierre Levegh (1905), Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier (1742), and Armand Peugeot (1849).
1489 - 1512
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 1,495
1070 - 1121
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 1,496
1842 - 1922
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 1,497
1721 - 1774
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 1,498
1178 - 1233
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 1,499
1733 - 1799
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 1,500
1792 - 1867
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 1,501
961 - 1049
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 1,502
1720 - 1795
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 1,503
1941 - Present
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 1,504
1905 - 1955
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 1,505
1742 - 1819
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 1,506
1849 - 1915
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 1,507
Among philosophers born in France, Victor Cousin ranks 71. Before him are Jean-Luc Nancy (1940), Berengar of Tours (998), Guillaume Budé (1467), Emmanuel Mounier (1905), Émile Chartier (1868), and William of Champeaux (1070). After him are Alain de Benoist (1943), Paul Virilio (1932), Henry Corbin (1903), Louis Couturat (1868), Georges Canguilhem (1904), and Amalric of Bena (1150).
1940 - Present
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 65
998 - 1088
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 66
1467 - 1540
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 67
1905 - 1950
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 68
1868 - 1951
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 69
1070 - 1121
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 70
1792 - 1867
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 71
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.14
Rank: 72
1932 - 2018
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 73
1903 - 1978
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 74
1868 - 1914
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 75
1904 - 1995
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 76
1150 - 1206
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 77