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PHILOSOPHER

William of Conches

1080 - 1154

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William of Conches (c. 1090/1091 – c. 1155/1170s) was a French scholastic philosopher who sought to expand the bounds of Christian humanism by studying secular works of the classics and fostering empirical science. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William of Conches has received more than 57,621 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). William of Conches is the 750th most popular philosopher (down from 702nd in 2019), the 2,514th most popular biography from France (down from 2,242nd in 2019) and the 97th most popular French Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, William of Conches ranks 750 out of 1,081Before him are Sarada Devi, Vladimir Jankélévitch, Onesicritus, Crates of Athens, Jean-Luc Marion, and Philipp Mainländer. After him are Maximus of Ephesus, Symon Budny, Johannes Agricola, Kazimierz Łyszczyński, Friedrich Pollock, and Theodor Lessing.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1080, William of Conches ranks 14Before him are Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan, Abu Hamid al-Gharnati, Margaret Fredkulla, Sanai, Raymond du Puy, and Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī. After him are William of Malmesbury, Domenico Morosini, Ermesinde of Luxembourg, Countess of Namur, and Henry of Huntingdon. Among people deceased in 1154, William of Conches ranks 9Before him are Pope Anastasius IV, Adelaide of Maurienne, Iziaslav II of Kiev, Isaac Komnenos, Gilbert de la Porrée, and Viacheslav I of Kiev. After him is Al-Zafir.

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In France

Among people born in France, William of Conches ranks 2,514 out of 6,011Before him are Joan of France, Duchess of Brittany (1391), Leodegar (616), Jean-Baptiste Dubos (1670), Jacques Hamel (1930), Jean-Luc Marion (1946), and Charles Percier (1764). After him are René Pottier (1879), Claude Autant-Lara (1901), Tarrare (1772), Louise Julie de Mailly-Nesle (1710), Louis Feuillade (1873), and Madeleine Béjart (1615).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, William of Conches ranks 97Before him are Fulbert of Chartres (960), Peter John Olivi (1248), Julien Benda (1867), Michel Marcel Navratil (1908), Vladimir Jankélévitch (1903), and Jean-Luc Marion (1946). After him are Jean Guitton (1901), Louis Lavelle (1883), Claude Lefort (1924), André Glucksmann (1937), Alain Finkielkraut (1949), and Denis Pétau (1583).