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Chaïm Perelman

1912 - 1984

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Chaïm Perelman (born Henio (or Henri) Perelman; sometimes referred to mistakenly as Charles Perelman) (20 May 1912 – 22 January 1984) was a Belgian philosopher of Polish-Jewish origin. He was among the most important argumentation theorists of the 20th century. His chief work is the Traité de l'argumentation – la nouvelle rhétorique (1958), with Lucie Olbrechts-Tyteca, translated into English as The New Rhetoric: A Treatise on Argumentation, by John Wilkinson and Purcell Weaver (1969). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chaïm Perelman is the 586th most popular philosopher (down from 541st in 2019), the 351st most popular biography from Poland (down from 314th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Polish Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Chaïm Perelman ranks 586 out of 1,267. Before him are Zeno of Sidon, Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Usman dan Fodio, Georges Canguilhem, Al-Baydawi, and Gaetano Mosca. After him are John Austin, Yang Zhu, Zaleucus, G. A. Cohen, Tom Regan, and Jean Hyppolite.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Chaïm Perelman ranks 97. Before him are Princess Deokhye, Lady Bird Johnson, Sohn Kee-chung, Julia Child, Philibert Tsiranana, and Marina Raskova. After him are Nereo Rocco, Jacques Ellul, Jiří Trnka, Yuen Siu-tien, Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark, and Gordon Gollob. Among people deceased in 1984, Chaïm Perelman ranks 61. Before him are Walter Rauff, Josyf Slipyj, Yigael Yadin, Hans Speidel, Pavel Batitsky, and Pierre Gemayel. After him are Count Basie, Mark W. Clark, Raoul Salan, Joseph Losey, George Gaylord Simpson, and Marcel Janco.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Chaïm Perelman ranks 351 out of 1,694. Before him are Alfred Flatow (1869), Wojciech Szczęsny (1990), Moïse Kisling (1891), Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg (1797), Martin Opitz (1597), and Hugo Steinhaus (1887). After him are Lukas Podolski (1985), Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff (1699), Józef Cyrankiewicz (1911), Muazzez Sultan (1628), Henry the Bearded (1163), and Maria Clementina Sobieska (1702).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Poland

Among philosophers born in Poland, Chaïm Perelman ranks 14. Before him are Judah Loew ben Bezalel (1512), Alfred Tarski (1901), Günther Anders (1902), Heinrich Rickert (1863), Paul Tillich (1886), and Leszek Kołakowski (1927). After him are Johannes Bugenhagen (1485), Roman Ingarden (1893), John Cantius (1390), Kuno Fischer (1824), Franz Neumann (1900), and Wolfhart Pannenberg (1928).

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