PHILOSOPHER

Étienne Bonnot de Condillac

1714 - 1780

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Étienne Bonnot de Condillac (UK: KON-dee-ak; French: [etjɛn bɔno də kɔ̃dijak]; 30 September 1714 – 2 August or 3 August 1780) was a French philosopher, epistemologist, and Catholic priest, who studied in such areas as psychology and the philosophy of the mind. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Étienne Bonnot de Condillac has received more than 210,241 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Étienne Bonnot de Condillac is the 203rd most popular philosopher (down from 199th in 2019), the 490th most popular biography from France (down from 450th in 2019) and the 26th most popular French Philosopher.

Étienne Bonnot de Condillac is most famous for his "Treatise on the Sensations" in which he argues that all knowledge comes from our senses.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Étienne Bonnot de Condillac ranks 203 out of 1,267. Before him are Melissus of Samos, Muhammad Abduh, Adam Weishaupt, John Scotus Eriugena, Hasan al-Basri, and Marshall McLuhan. After him are Paulo Freire, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Jean-François Lyotard, Bias of Priene, Georgi Plekhanov, and Julia Kristeva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1714, Étienne Bonnot de Condillac ranks 4. Before him are Christoph Willibald Gluck, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, and Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten. After him are Joseph I of Portugal, Claude Joseph Vernet, Alaungpaya, Niccolò Jommelli, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy, Pontiac, and Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick. Among people deceased in 1780, Étienne Bonnot de Condillac ranks 2. Before him is Maria Theresa. After him are Bernardo Bellotto, Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Jacques-Germain Soufflot, Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Victor Amadeus II, Prince of Carignano, and Johann Ludwig Krebs.

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In France

Among people born in France, Étienne Bonnot de Condillac ranks 490 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean Arp (1886), Jacques Delors (1925), Mireille Darc (1938), Hippolyte Fizeau (1819), Louis-Alexandre Berthier (1753), and Antoine of Navarre (1518). After him are Alfred Werner (1866), Christine Lagarde (1956), Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647), Jean-Marie Le Pen (1928), Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881), and William II of England (1056).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Étienne Bonnot de Condillac ranks 26. Before him are Paul Ricœur (1913), Julien Offray de La Mettrie (1709), Marquis de Condorcet (1743), Nicolas Malebranche (1638), Pierre Gassendi (1592), and Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908). After him are Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881), Jean-François Lyotard (1924), Gabriel Marcel (1889), Joseph de Maistre (1753), Gaston Bachelard (1884), and Roger Garaudy (1913).

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