PHILOSOPHER

Carl von Clausewitz

1780 - 1831

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Carl Philipp Gottlieb von Clausewitz ( KLOW-zə-vits, German: [ˈkaʁl fɔn ˈklaʊzəvɪts] ; born Carl Philipp Gottlieb Clauswitz; 1 July 1780 – 16 November 1831) was a Prussian general and military theorist who stressed the "moral" (in modern terms meaning psychological) and political aspects of waging war. His most notable work, Vom Kriege (About War), though unfinished at his death, is considered a seminal treatise on military strategy and science. Clausewitz stressed the multiplex interaction of diverse factors in war, noting how unexpected developments unfolding under the "fog of war" (i.e., in the face of incomplete, dubious, and often erroneous information and great fear, doubt, and excitement) call for rapid decisions by alert commanders. He saw history as a vital check on erudite abstractions that did not accord with experience. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl von Clausewitz is the 97th most popular philosopher (down from 79th in 2019), the 134th most popular biography from Germany (down from 90th in 2019) and the 13th most popular German Philosopher.

Carl von Clausewitz is most famous for his book On War.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Carl von Clausewitz ranks 97 out of 1,267. Before him are Mencius, Johann Gottfried Herder, John of Damascus, Aristippus, George Berkeley, and Pierre-Joseph Proudhon. After him are Jacques Derrida, Walter Benjamin, Jean Bodin, Al-Tabari, Friedrich Fröbel, and Roger Bacon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1780, Carl von Clausewitz ranks 2. Before him is Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. After him are Pauline Bonaparte, Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, Miloš Obrenović, Hinrich Lichtenstein, Pierre-Jean de Béranger, Charles Nodier, Jules de Polignac, Ranjit Singh, Sacagawea, and Jernej Kopitar. Among people deceased in 1831, Carl von Clausewitz ranks 2. Before him is Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. After him are James Monroe, Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot, Sophie Germain, Napoléon Louis Bonaparte, Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Archduke Rudolf of Austria, Ioannis Kapodistrias, Emilia Plater, Achim von Arnim, and Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl von Clausewitz ranks 134 out of 7,253. Before him are Georg Philipp Telemann (1681), Frederick William II of Prussia (1744), Pope Clement II (1005), August Kekulé (1829), Carl Maria von Weber (1786), and Frederick III, German Emperor (1831). After him are Novalis (1772), Heinrich Böll (1917), Max Müller (1823), Erik Erikson (1902), Henry the Fowler (876), and Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (980).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Carl von Clausewitz ranks 13. Before him are Nicholas of Cusa (1401), Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775), Karl Jaspers (1883), Ludwig Feuerbach (1804), Rudolf Christoph Eucken (1846), and Jürgen Habermas (1929). After him are Walter Benjamin (1892), Friedrich Fröbel (1782), Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767), Meister Eckhart (1260), Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900), and Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776).

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