1717 - 1778
Étienne-Gabriel Morelly (French: [etjɛn gabʁjɛl mɔʁɛli]; 1717–1778) was a French utopian thinker, philosopher and novelist. An otherwise "obscure tax official", and teacher, Morelly wrote two books on education, a critique of Montesquieu and The Code of Nature, which was published anonymously in France in 1755. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Étienne-Gabriel Morelly has received more than 73,538 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Étienne-Gabriel Morelly is the 670th most popular philosopher (up from 717th in 2019), the 2,176th most popular biography from France (up from 2,297th in 2019) and the 88th most popular French Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Étienne-Gabriel Morelly ranks 670 out of 1,081. Before him are Diodorus Cronus, Alfred Schmidt, Amalric of Bena, Gilbert de la Porrée, Francesco Algarotti, and Isaac Israeli ben Solomon. After him are William Paley, Pyotr Lavrov, Jerry Fodor, Olavo de Carvalho, Edvard Westermarck, and P. F. Strawson.
400 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 664
1931 - 2012
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 665
1150 - 1206
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 666
1070 - 1154
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 667
1712 - 1764
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 668
832 - Present
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 669
1717 - 1778
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 670
1743 - 1805
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 671
1823 - 1900
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 672
1935 - 2017
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 673
1947 - 2022
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 674
1862 - 1939
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 675
1919 - 2006
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 676
Among people born in 1717, Étienne-Gabriel Morelly ranks 14. Before him are Ernst Gideon von Laudon, Marie Anne de Mailly, Louis François, Prince of Conti, Horace Walpole, Ebrahim Afshar, and David Garrick. After him are Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Molla Panah Vagif, Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, Alexander Sumarokov, Princess Christine of Hesse-Rotenburg, and João de Loureiro. Among people deceased in 1778, Étienne-Gabriel Morelly ranks 10. Before him are Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Anna Maria Mozart, Laura Bassi, James Hargreaves, Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano, and Thomas Arne. After him are William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo, Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Princess Christine of Hesse-Rotenburg, Charles De Geer, and Francesca Cuzzoni.
1717 - 1790
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 8
1717 - 1744
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 9
1717 - 1776
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 10
1717 - 1797
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 11
1717 - 1748
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 12
1717 - 1779
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 13
1717 - 1778
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 14
1717 - 1785
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 15
1717 - 1797
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 16
1717 - 1797
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 17
1717 - 1777
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 18
1717 - 1778
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 19
1717 - 1791
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 20
1720 - 1778
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 4
1720 - 1778
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 5
1711 - 1778
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 6
1720 - 1778
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 7
1721 - 1778
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 8
1710 - 1778
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 9
1717 - 1778
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 10
1708 - 1778
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 11
1701 - 1778
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 12
1725 - 1778
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 13
1717 - 1778
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 14
1720 - 1778
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 15
1696 - 1778
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 16
Among people born in France, Étienne-Gabriel Morelly ranks 2,176 out of 6,011. Before him are Maurice de Broglie (1875), Jacques Charrier (1936), Jean-Loup Chrétien (1938), Jean-Dominique Bauby (1952), Alfred Loisy (1857), and François-Marie Raoult (1830). After him are Paul Frère (1917), Amandus (600), Jean Prouvé (1901), Henri Pescarolo (1942), Francis Jammes (1868), and David d'Angers (1788).
1875 - 1960
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 2,170
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 2,171
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 2,172
1952 - 1997
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 2,173
1857 - 1940
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 2,174
1830 - 1901
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 2,175
1717 - 1778
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 2,176
1917 - 2008
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 2,177
600 - 676
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 2,178
1901 - 1984
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 2,179
1942 - Present
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 2,180
1868 - 1938
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 2,181
1788 - 1856
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 2,182
Among philosophers born in France, Étienne-Gabriel Morelly ranks 88. Before him are Pierre Charron (1541), Gersonides (1288), Pierre Hadot (1922), Louis Couturat (1868), Amalric of Bena (1150), and Gilbert de la Porrée (1070). After him are Émile Boutroux (1845), Jean-Marie Guyau (1854), Fulbert of Chartres (960), Peter John Olivi (1248), Julien Benda (1867), and Michel Marcel Navratil (1908).
1541 - 1603
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 82
1288 - 1344
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 83
1922 - 2010
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 84
1868 - 1914
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 85
1150 - 1206
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 86
1070 - 1154
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 87
1717 - 1778
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 88
1845 - 1921
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 89
1854 - 1888
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 90
960 - 1028
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 91
1248 - 1298
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 92
1867 - 1956
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 93
1908 - 2001
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 94