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PHILOSOPHER

Étienne-Gabriel Morelly

1717 - 1778

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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

Among philosophers, Étienne-Gabriel Morelly ranks 670 out of 1,081Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1717, Étienne-Gabriel Morelly ranks 14Before 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 10Before 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.

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In France

Among people born in France, Étienne-Gabriel Morelly ranks 2,176 out of 6,011Before 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).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Étienne-Gabriel Morelly ranks 88Before 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).