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Bruno Bauer

1809 - 1882

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Bruno Bauer (; German: [baʊɐ]; 6 September 1809 – 13 April 1882) was a German philosopher and theologian. As a student of G. W. F. Hegel, Bauer was a radical Rationalist in philosophy, politics and Biblical criticism. Bauer investigated the sources of the New Testament and, beginning with Hegel's analysis of Christianity's Hellenic as well as Jewish roots, concluded that early Christianity owed more to ancient Greek philosophy (Stoicism) than to Judaism. Bauer is also known for his association and sharp break with Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, and for his later association with Max Stirner and Friedrich Nietzsche. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bruno Bauer is the 295th most popular philosopher (down from 284th in 2019), the 664th most popular biography from Germany (down from 599th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular German Philosopher.

Bruno Bauer is most famous for his criticism of the New Testament and his rejection of the supernatural.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Bruno Bauer ranks 295 out of 1,267. Before him are Alexander of Aphrodisias, Jacques Maritain, Alain Badiou, Alfred Tarski, Miskawayh, and Rudolf Bultmann. After him are Strato of Lampsacus, Heraclides Ponticus, William Godwin, Wang Yangming, Houston Stewart Chamberlain, and Otto Weininger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1809, Bruno Bauer ranks 11. Before him are Nikolai Gogol, William Ewart Gladstone, Louis Braille, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, and Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.. After him are Joseph Liouville, Albert Pike, Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Juliusz Słowacki, and Ljudevit Gaj. Among people deceased in 1882, Bruno Bauer ranks 10. Before him are Ralph Waldo Emerson, Arthur de Gobineau, Jesse James, Theodor Schwann, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and Francesco Hayez. After him are Léon Gambetta, Louis Blanc, Joseph Liouville, John Nelson Darby, William Stanley Jevons, and Vasily Perov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Bruno Bauer ranks 664 out of 7,253. Before him are Werner Forssmann (1904), Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1811), Conrad Schumann (1942), August Horch (1868), Rudolf Bultmann (1884), and Jenny von Westphalen (1814). After him are Johann Franz Encke (1791), Heinrich Lübke (1894), Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine (1617), Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1861), Karl-Otto Koch (1897), and Willy Messerschmitt (1898).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Bruno Bauer ranks 42. Before him are Franz Brentano (1838), Adam Weishaupt (1748), Johann Reuchlin (1455), Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann (1842), Hans Jonas (1903), and Rudolf Bultmann (1884). After him are Moritz Schlick (1882), Hugh of Saint Victor (1096), David Strauss (1808), Rudolf Otto (1869), Hermann Cohen (1842), and Wilhelm Windelband (1848).

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