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Eduard Spranger

1882 - 1963

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Eduard Spranger (German: [ˈʃpʁaŋɐ]; 27 June 1882 – 17 September 1963) was a German philosopher and psychologist. A student of Wilhelm Dilthey, Spranger was born in Berlin and died in Tübingen. He was considered a humanist who developed a philosophical pedagogy as an act of 'self defense' against the psychology-oriented experimental theory of the times. Spranger was the author of the book Lebensformen (translated as Types of Men), which sold 28,000 copies by the end of 1920. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eduard Spranger is the 610th most popular philosopher (down from 521st in 2019), the 1,812th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,420th in 2019) and the 81st most popular German Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Eduard Spranger ranks 610 out of 1,267. Before him are Johannes Bugenhagen, Crates of Mallus, Hermann Samuel Reimarus, Alfred Schmidt, Peter the Iberian, and Conrad Celtes. After him are Silvia Federici, Cebes, Aeschines of Sphettus, Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi, Berengar of Tours, and Friedrich Albert Lange.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Eduard Spranger ranks 88. Before him are Natalia Sedova, Korney Chukovsky, Hugh S. Johnson, Max Decugis, Kimon Georgiev, and Husband E. Kimmel. After him are Germaine Dulac, Princess Louise of Orléans, Jim Lightbody, John Barrymore, Gian Francesco Malipiero, and Harold Lowe. Among people deceased in 1963, Eduard Spranger ranks 51. Before him are Sivananda Saraswati, Remedios Varo, Rikidōzan, Alois Hudal, Hubert Pierlot, and Alexander Marinesko. After him are Karl von Terzaghi, William Beveridge, Camille Chautemps, Sarit Thanarat, Otto Struve, and William Carlos Williams.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Eduard Spranger ranks 1,812 out of 7,253. Before him are Paul Troost (1878), Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1778), Alfred Schmidt (1931), Karl Adolph von Basedow (1799), Conrad Celtes (1459), and Erich Naumann (1905). After him are Otto Sander (1941), Princess Elisabeth of Saxony (1830), August Hirt (1898), Balthasar Hubmaier (1485), Conrad, Margrave of Meissen (1097), and Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld (1651).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Eduard Spranger ranks 81. Before him are Werner Jaeger (1888), Hans Blumenberg (1920), Constantin von Tischendorf (1815), Hermann Samuel Reimarus (1694), Alfred Schmidt (1931), and Conrad Celtes (1459). After him are Friedrich Albert Lange (1828), Eugen Fink (1905), Andreas Karlstadt (1486), Eric Voegelin (1901), Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769), and Johannes Sturm (1507).

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