PHILOSOPHER

Denis de Rougemont

1906 - 1985

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Denys Louis de Rougemont (September 8, 1906 – December 6, 1985), known as Denis de Rougemont (French: [dəni də ʁuʒmɔ̃]), was a Swiss writer and cultural theorist who wrote in French. One of the non-conformists of the 1930s, he addressed the perils of totalitarianism from a Christian point of view. After the Second World War, he promoted European federalism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Denis de Rougemont is the 770th most popular philosopher (down from 734th in 2019), the 245th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 222nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Swiss Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Denis de Rougemont ranks 770 out of 1,267. Before him are F. H. Bradley, Kitaro Nishida, Alcidamas, William Paley, Zhang Zai, and Hermarchus. After him are Calcidius, Lucien Goldmann, Helmuth Plessner, Johannes Nikolaus Tetens, Kazimierz Twardowski, and Hui Shi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Denis de Rougemont ranks 120. Before him are Dita Parlo, Enrico Mattei, Paolo Stoppa, Wilhelm Boger, Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, and Wolf Albach-Retty. After him are Philippe Halsman, Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar, Musa Cälil, Franz Waxman, Hamazasp Babadzhanian, and Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse. Among people deceased in 1985, Denis de Rougemont ranks 82. Before him are Mary Kenneth Keller, Herbert Bayer, Wolfgang Reitherman, Fred Uhlman, Afet İnan, and Lovro von Matačić. After him are Evgeny Lifshitz, Helmuth Plessner, Karl Menger, Theodore Sturgeon, Frank Oppenheimer, and Anton Karas.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Denis de Rougemont ranks 245 out of 1,015. Before him are Françoise-Louise de Warens (1699), Umberto Agnelli (1934), Walther Ritz (1878), François-Alphonse Forel (1841), Stan Wawrinka (1985), and Ubol Ratana (1951). After him are Victor Goldschmidt (1888), Paul Wild (1925), Johann Peter Hebel (1760), Rudolf Wolf (1816), Josias Braun-Blanquet (1884), and Didier Burkhalter (1960).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Switzerland

Among philosophers born in Switzerland, Denis de Rougemont ranks 7. Before him are Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712), Benjamin Constant (1767), Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821), Emer de Vattel (1714), Frithjof Schuon (1907), and Jean Vanier (1928). After him are Tariq Ramadan (1962), and Karl Ludwig von Haller (1768).

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