PHILOSOPHER

Yeshayahu Leibowitz

1903 - 1994

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Yeshayahu Leibowitz (Hebrew: ישעיהו ליבוביץ‎; 29 January 1903 – 18 August 1994) was an Israeli Anti-Zionist Orthodox Jewish public intellectual and polymath. He was a professor of biochemistry, organic chemistry, and neurophysiology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, as well as a prolific writer on Jewish thought and western philosophy. He was known for his outspoken views on ethics, religion, and politics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yeshayahu Leibowitz has received more than 311,877 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Yeshayahu Leibowitz is the 759th most popular philosopher (up from 898th in 2019), the 51st most popular biography from Latvia (up from 81st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Latvian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Yeshayahu Leibowitz ranks 759 out of 1,267. Before him are Hayashi Razan, Nasr Abu Zayd, Hermann von Keyserling, Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī, Zaki al-Arsuzi, and Nisargadatta Maharaj. After him are Henry of Ghent, Wang Fuzhi, Jean Vanier, Luigi Guido Grandi, Motoori Norinaga, and Vladimir Jankélévitch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Yeshayahu Leibowitz ranks 115. Before him are Alexander Imich, Adelbert Schulz, Frank P. Ramsey, Kea Bouman, Richard Thomalla, and Arpad Elo. After him are Luigi Allemandi, Hans Litten, Vladimir Jankélévitch, Ma Bufang, Flaminio Bertoni, and Steven Runciman. Among people deceased in 1994, Yeshayahu Leibowitz ranks 114. Before him are Kevin Carter, Vitas Gerulaitis, Walter Lantz, Antoine Pinay, Mehmed Orhan, and Mario Brega. After him are Massimo Troisi, Heinz Rühmann, Enrique Líster, Woody Strode, Giovanni Spadolini, and Manfred Wörner.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Yeshayahu Leibowitz ranks 51 out of 323. Before him are Maria Amalia of Courland (1653), Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski (1876), Aspazija (1865), Yevgeny Miller (1867), Eduard Totleben (1818), and Juris Hartmanis (1928). After him are Jānis K. Bērziņš (1889), Philippe Halsman (1906), Paulinho (null), Elya Baskin (1950), Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1804), and Ferdinand Kettler (1655).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Latvia

Among philosophers born in Latvia, Yeshayahu Leibowitz ranks 4. Before him are Isaiah Berlin (1909), Nicolai Hartmann (1882), and Abraham Isaac Kook (1865). After him are Nikolay Lossky (1870).

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