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PHILOSOPHER

Yeshayahu Leibowitz

1903 - 1994

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Yeshayahu Leibowitz (Hebrew: ישעיהו ליבוביץ‎; 29 January 1903 – 18 August 1994) was an Israeli 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 252,597 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Yeshayahu Leibowitz is the 898th most popular philosopher (down from 888th in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from Latvia (down from 78th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Latvian Philosopher.

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  • 16

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Yeshayahu Leibowitz ranks 898 out of 1,081. Before him are Erich Neumann, Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Tomáš Halík, Frederick Copleston, Abu Sulayman Sijistani, and Arthur Oncken Lovejoy. After him are Porcia, Ian Hacking, Leo Baeck, Boris Parygin, Cineas, and Georges Florovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Yeshayahu Leibowitz ranks 152. Before him are Antanas Sniečkus, Ella Maillart, Ernst Wilhelm Bohle, Anatoly Alexandrov, Pierre Veyron, and Fumiko Hayashi. After him are Louis Seigner, Bix Beiderbecke, Earl Hines, Joseph Cornell, W. Ross Ashby, and Gaito Gazdanov. Among people deceased in 1994, Yeshayahu Leibowitz ranks 152. Before him are Ales Adamovich, Giovanni Goria, Juan Alonso, Stuart Roosa, Frederick Copleston, and Anatoly Alexandrov. After him are Nick Cravat, Paul Grimault, Oldřich Černík, Cyprien Ntaryamira, Cameron Mitchell, and Gary Kildall.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Yeshayahu Leibowitz ranks 81 out of 284. Before him are Karl Eichwald (1795), Kristjan Jaak Peterson (1801), Jānis Balodis (1881), Juris Hartmanis (1928), Jānis Rudzutaks (1887), and Lina Stern (1878). After him are Vilhelms Purvītis (1872), Arvīds Jansons (1914), Anatolijs Gorbunovs (1942), Krišjānis Barons (1835), Karl Davydov (1838), and Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg (1802).

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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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