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Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten

1714 - 1762

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Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (; German: [ˈbaʊmˌgaʁtn̩]; 17 July 1714 – 27 May 1762) was a German philosopher. He was a brother to theologian Siegmund Jakob Baumgarten (1706–1757). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten is the 147th most popular philosopher (down from 145th in 2019), the 241st most popular biography from Germany (down from 218th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular German Philosopher.

Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten is most famous for his work in aesthetics. He is also famous for his work on the philosophy of taste and the philosophy of art.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten ranks 147 out of 1,267. Before him are Baron d'Holbach, Mozi, Kanada, Wilhelm Dilthey, Edith Stein, and Chrysippus. After him are Isocrates, Proclus, Buddhaghosa, Emanuel Swedenborg, John Venn, and Han Fei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1714, Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten ranks 2. Before him is Christoph Willibald Gluck. After him are Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, Joseph I of Portugal, Pontiac, Claude Joseph Vernet, Alaungpaya, Niccolò Jommelli, Kristijonas Donelaitis, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, and Emer de Vattel. Among people deceased in 1762, Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten ranks 4. Before him are Peter III of Russia, Elizabeth of Russia, and Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille. After him are Emperor Momozono, James Bradley, Crown Prince Sado, Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria, Shah Waliullah Dehlawi, Francesco Geminiani, Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten ranks 241 out of 7,253. Before him are Arnulf of Carinthia (850), Hans Memling (1435), Otto Diels (1876), Alois Alzheimer (1864), Maria Sophie of Bavaria (1841), and Matthias Grünewald (1480). After him are Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744), Eckhart Tolle (1948), Magda Goebbels (1901), J. Hans D. Jensen (1907), Klaus Barbie (1913), and Johann Pachelbel (1653).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten ranks 23. Before him are Meister Eckhart (1260), Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900), Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776), Baron d'Holbach (1723), Wilhelm Dilthey (1833), and Edith Stein (1891). After him are Max Stirner (1806), Max Scheler (1874), Oswald Spengler (1880), Herbert Marcuse (1898), Athanasius Kircher (1602), and Ferdinand Tönnies (1855).

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