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Dietrich von Hildebrand

1889 - 1977

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Dietrich Richard Alfred von Hildebrand (German: [ˈhɪldəbʁant]; 12 October 1889 – 26 January 1977) was a German Roman Catholic philosopher and religious writer. Hildebrand was called "the twentieth-century Doctor of the Church" by Pope Pius XII. He was a leading philosopher in the realist phenomenological and personalist movements, producing works in every major field of philosophy, including ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophical anthropology, social philosophy, and aesthetics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dietrich von Hildebrand is the 875th most popular philosopher (up from 927th in 2019), the 2,635th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,785th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular Italian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Dietrich von Hildebrand ranks 875 out of 1,267. Before him are August Böckh, Ted Nelson, Raymond Williams, William of Conches, Ian Hacking, and Arethas of Caesarea. After him are Arthur Oncken Lovejoy, Johann Heinrich Alsted, Hermippus of Smyrna, Hugo Kołłątaj, Alexander Zinoviev, and Necip Fazıl Kısakürek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Dietrich von Hildebrand ranks 127. Before him are Abelardo L. Rodríguez, Charles Kay Ogden, Sewall Wright, Lev Mekhlis, Baba Sali, and Manuel Prado Ugarteche. After him are James Stephenson, Abdelhamid Ben Badis, Adolphe Pégoud, Vasiliy Ulrikh, Jānis K. Bērziņš, and Bernhard Karlgren. Among people deceased in 1977, Dietrich von Hildebrand ranks 112. Before him are Jim Thompson, Sergei Kruglov, Richard Carlson, Hanns Martin Schleyer, Son Ngoc Thanh, and Delmer Daves. After him are Alexander Tcherepnin, Mwambutsa IV of Burundi, Henri Langlois, Mirzo Tursunzoda, Rudolf Vytlačil, and E. F. Schumacher.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Dietrich von Hildebrand ranks 2,635 out of 5,161. Before him are Pietro Lando (1462), Giovanni Fattori (1825), Matteo II Visconti (1319), Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa (1920), Isabella d'Este, Duchess of Parma (1635), and Archduke Anton Victor of Austria (1779). After him are Leonardo Bonucci (1987), Pietro Ottoboni (1667), Giorgio Abetti (1882), Antonio Tempesta (1555), Debora Caprioglio (1968), and Luigi Villoresi (1909).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Italy

Among philosophers born in Italy, Dietrich von Hildebrand ranks 63. Before him are Luigi Guido Grandi (1671), Ludovico Antonio Muratori (1672), Vincenzo Gioberti (1801), Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (1707), John Italus (1025), and Charondas (-600). After him are Andrea Carlo Ferrari (1850), Camillo Berneri (1897), Lanza del Vasto (1901), Monimus (-400), Alois Riehl (1844), and Mario Perniola (1941).

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