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Christian Thomasius

1655 - 1728

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Christian Thomasius (; 1 January 1655 – 23 September 1728) was a German jurist and philosopher. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christian Thomasius is the 443rd most popular philosopher (down from 404th in 2019), the 1,134th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,004th in 2019) and the 54th most popular German Philosopher.

Christian Thomasius is most famous for being the first professor of law at the University of Halle.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Christian Thomasius ranks 443 out of 1,267. Before him are Peter Sloterdijk, Eudemus of Rhodes, Shah Waliullah Dehlawi, Rodolphus Agricola, Chantal Mouffe, and Gershom Scholem. After him are Zhiyi, Ernesto Laclau, Martha Nussbaum, Lucilio Vanini, Ge Hong, and Jyotirao Phule.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1655, Christian Thomasius ranks 6. Before him are Pope Innocent XIII, Bartolomeo Cristofori, Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg, Charles XI of Sweden, and Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden. After him are Zumbi, Rinaldo d'Este, Johann Christoph Denner, Jean-François Regnard, Ferdinand Kettler, and Bernard de Montfaucon. Among people deceased in 1728, Christian Thomasius ranks 4. Before him are Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia, Marin Marais, and Anne Marie d'Orléans. After him are Agostino Steffani, Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard, Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of Neuburg, Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, Maria Aurora von Königsmarck, Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and William Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Weimar.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Christian Thomasius ranks 1,134 out of 7,253. Before him are Emil Maurice (1897), Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen (1804), Johann Jakob Froberger (1616), Gershom Scholem (1897), Princess Alexandrine of Prussia (1803), and Georg Friedrich Grotefend (1775). After him are Charles, Grand Duke of Baden (1786), Karl Richard Lepsius (1810), Paul Langerhans (1847), Rainer Weiss (1932), Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (1229), and Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans (1426).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Christian Thomasius ranks 54. Before him are Wilhelm Windelband (1848), Carl Gustav Hempel (1905), Karl Rahner (1904), Moses Hess (1812), Peter Sloterdijk (1947), and Gershom Scholem (1897). After him are Hans Reichenbach (1891), Henry Suso (1295), Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach (1775), Franz Rosenzweig (1886), Paul Natorp (1854), and Leo Strauss (1899).

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