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Benjamin Constant

1767 - 1830

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Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque (25 October 1767 – 8 December 1830), or simply Benjamin Constant, was a Swiss and French political thinker, activist and writer on political theory and religion. A committed republican from 1795, Constant backed the coup d'état of 18 Fructidor (4 September 1797) and the following one on 18 Brumaire (9 November 1799). He became the leader of the Liberal opposition in 1800, during the Consulate. Having upset Napoleon and left France to go to Switzerland then to the Kingdom of Saxony, Constant nonetheless sided with him during the Hundred Days, drafting the Charter of 1815, and became politically active again during the Bourbon Restoration. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Benjamin Constant is the 221st most popular philosopher (up from 227th in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 47th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swiss Philosopher.

Benjamin Constant was a Swiss-French philosopher and politician who is most famous for his essay "The Liberty of Ancients Compared with that of Moderns."

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Benjamin Constant ranks 221 out of 1,267. Before him are Baltasar Gracián, Hippasus, G. E. M. Anscombe, Theano, Muhammad Abduh, and Solomon ibn Gabirol. After him are Xenocrates, Julius Evola, Francisco Suárez, Paulo Freire, Joseph de Maistre, and Ernst Bloch.

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Among people born in 1767, Benjamin Constant ranks 8. Before him are Joachim Murat, Wilhelm von Humboldt, John Quincy Adams, Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, John VI of Portugal, and Jean-Baptiste Say. After him are Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg, Maria Theresa of Austria, August Wilhelm Schlegel, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, Nicolas Oudinot, and Marie of Hesse-Kassel. Among people deceased in 1830, Benjamin Constant ranks 6. Before him are George IV of the United Kingdom, Pope Pius VIII, Simón Bolívar, Joseph Fourier, and Francis I of the Two Sicilies. After him are Adam Weishaupt, Carlota Joaquina of Spain, Antonio José de Sucre, Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Thomas Lawrence.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Benjamin Constant ranks 43 out of 1,015. Before him are Franz Mesmer (1734), Johann Jakob Balmer (1825), Paul Hermann Müller (1899), Jacques Necker (1732), Carl Spitteler (1845), and Aga Khan IV (1936). After him are Erich von Däniken (1935), Karl Barth (1886), Albert II, Duke of Austria (1298), Adelaide of Italy (931), Eugen Bleuler (1857), and Lys Assia (1924).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Switzerland

Among philosophers born in Switzerland, Benjamin Constant ranks 2. Before him are Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712). After him are Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821), Emer de Vattel (1714), Frithjof Schuon (1907), Jean Vanier (1928), Denis de Rougemont (1906), Tariq Ramadan (1962), and Karl Ludwig von Haller (1768).

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