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Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski

1503 - 1572

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Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski (Latin: Andreas Fricius Modrevius) (20 September 1503 – 1572) was a Polish Renaissance scholar, humanist and theologian, called "the father of Polish democracy". His book De Republica emendanda (O poprawie Rzeczypospolitej) was widely read and praised across most of Renaissance Europe, influencing thinkers such as Jean Bodin, Hugo Grotius and Johannes Althusius. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski is the 1,100th most popular philosopher (down from 1,084th in 2019), the 934th most popular biography from Poland (down from 893rd in 2019) and the 28th most popular Polish Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski ranks 1,100 out of 1,267. Before him are Eugenio Garin, Alexander Men, Jean Cavaillès, Ivan Kireyevsky, Abdel Rahman Badawi, and Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet. After him are Tadeusz Kotarbiński, Albert Razin, Hermann Gunkel, Rosi Braidotti, John Hick, and Buddhapālita.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1503, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski ranks 17. Before him are Robert Estienne, Gerolama Orsini, Bartolomé Carranza, Thomas Wyatt, Giovanni della Casa, and Philip, Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg. After him is Augustin Hirschvogel. Among people deceased in 1572, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski ranks 24. Before him are Claude Goudimel, Ippolito II d'Este, Moses Isserles, Petar Hektorović, Galeazzo Alessi, and Aegidius Tschudi.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski ranks 934 out of 1,694. Before him are Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1820), Hanna Krall (1935), Konstantin Kalinin (1887), Martin Gray (1922), Fritz Stern (1926), and Stanisław Kowalski (1910). After him are Tommy Wiseau (1955), Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska (1925), Adam Zamenhof (1888), Michalina Wisłocka (1921), Janusz Kamiński (1959), and Tadeusz Kotarbiński (1886).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Poland

Among philosophers born in Poland, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski ranks 28. Before him are Florian Znaniecki (1882), Józef Maria Bocheński (1902), Leo Baeck (1873), Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907), Stanisław Staszic (1755), and Jerzy Żuławski (1874). After him are Tadeusz Kotarbiński (1886), Władysław Tatarkiewicz (1886), and Michał Heller (1936).

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