PHILOSOPHER

William of Conches

1080 - 1154

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William of Conches (Latin: Gulielmus de Conchis; French: Guillaume de Conches; c. 1090 – c. 1154), historically sometimes anglicized as William Shelley, was a medieval Norman-French scholastic philosopher who sought to expand the bounds of Christian humanism by studying secular works of classical literature and fostering empirical science. He was a prominent Chartrain (member of the School of Chartres). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William of Conches has received more than 66,246 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. William of Conches is the 901st most popular philosopher (down from 750th in 2019), the 3,163rd most popular biography from France (down from 2,506th in 2019) and the 114th most popular French Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, William of Conches ranks 901 out of 1,267. Before him are Cerinthus, Bernard Williams, Hugo Kołłątaj, Dominicus Gundissalinus, Nikolay Lossky, and Paul de Man. After him are Ramananda, Michael Löwy, Gregory of Tatev, Arthur Oncken Lovejoy, Lastheneia of Mantinea, and Jacques-André Naigeon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1080, William of Conches ranks 15. Before him are Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan, Sanai, Abu Hamid al-Gharnati, Raymond du Puy, Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī, and William of Malmesbury. After him are Domenico Morosini, Ermesinde of Luxembourg, Countess of Namur, and Henry of Huntingdon. Among people deceased in 1154, William of Conches ranks 10. Before him are Adelaide of Maurienne, Iziaslav II of Kiev, Viacheslav I of Kiev, Gilbert de la Porrée, Isaac Komnenos, and Al-Zafir. After him are Boris Kalamanos, and Wu Yu.

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In France

Among people born in France, William of Conches ranks 3,163 out of 6,770. Before him are Maxime Rodinson (1915), Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (1544), Ernest Monis (1846), Vincent Voiture (1597), Inès de La Fressange (1957), and Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux (1753). After him are Pierre Robert Olivétan (1505), Sebastianus (400), François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis (1715), Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac (1778), Thomas of Britain (1200), and Bénézet (1165).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, William of Conches ranks 114. Before him are Jean Guitton (1901), Pierre Daniel Huet (1630), André Glucksmann (1937), Sarah Kofman (1934), Édouard Le Roy (1870), and Beatus Rhenanus (1485). After him are Jacques-André Naigeon (1738), Denis Pétau (1583), Antoine Berman (1942), Paul Janet (1823), Firmin Abauzit (1679), and Michel Onfray (1959).

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