PHILOSOPHER

Wilhelm Dilthey

1833 - 1911

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Wilhelm Dilthey (; German: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈdɪltaɪ]; 19 November 1833 – 1 October 1911) was a German historian, psychologist, sociologist, and hermeneutic philosopher, who held Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's Chair in Philosophy at the University of Berlin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilhelm Dilthey has received more than 456,757 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Wilhelm Dilthey is the 139th most popular philosopher (down from 135th in 2019), the 199th most popular biography from Germany (down from 179th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular German Philosopher.

Wilhelm Dilthey is most famous for his work on understanding the human mind and how it is different from animals.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Wilhelm Dilthey ranks 139 out of 1,267. Before him are Isocrates, Zygmunt Bauman, Baron d'Holbach, Oswald Spengler, Duns Scotus, and Martin Buber. After him are Giambattista Vico, Hans Kelsen, Porphyry, Emanuel Swedenborg, Edith Stein, and Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1833, Wilhelm Dilthey ranks 4. Before him are Alfred Nobel, Johannes Brahms, and Benjamin Harrison. After him are Alexander Borodin, Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria, Élie Ducommun, Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Alfred von Schlieffen, Ferdinand von Richthofen, Edwin Booth, and Félicien Rops. Among people deceased in 1911, Wilhelm Dilthey ranks 3. Before him are Gustav Mahler, and Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff. After him are Francis Galton, Alfred Binet, Joseph Pulitzer, Pyotr Stolypin, Paul Lafargue, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Georg Jellinek, Emilio Salgari, and Maria Pia of Savoy.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Dilthey ranks 199 out of 7,253. Before him are Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1282), Jacob Grimm (1785), Eduard Buchner (1860), Gottlob Frege (1848), Hermann von Helmholtz (1821), and Max Ernst (1891). After him are Wilhelm, German Crown Prince (1882), Nico (1938), Conrad III of Germany (1093), Jupp Heynckes (1945), Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (1086), and Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (1887).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Wilhelm Dilthey ranks 22. Before him are Rudolf Christoph Eucken (1846), Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776), Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900), Friedrich Fröbel (1782), Baron d'Holbach (1723), and Oswald Spengler (1880). After him are Edith Stein (1891), Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714), Max Stirner (1806), Max Scheler (1874), Herbert Marcuse (1898), and Carl Schmitt (1888).

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