PHILOSOPHER

Eric Voegelin

1901 - 1985

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Eric Voegelin (born Erich Hermann Wilhelm Vögelin, German: [ˈføːgəliːn]; January 3, 1901 – January 19, 1985) was a German-American political philosopher. He was born in Cologne, and educated in political science at the University of Vienna, where he became an associate professor of political science in the law faculty. In 1938, he and his wife fled from the Nazi forces which had entered Vienna. They emigrated to the United States, where they became citizens in 1944. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eric Voegelin is the 652nd most popular philosopher (down from 556th in 2019), the 1,963rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,575th in 2019) and the 85th most popular German Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Eric Voegelin ranks 652 out of 1,267. Before him are Peter Deunov, Pierre Hadot, Yang Xiong, Hemachandra, Émile Chartier, and Olaf Stapledon. After him are Jaakko Hintikka, Anton Wilhelm Amo, Stein Rokkan, Amalric of Bena, Ernst Moritz Arndt, and Maximus of Ephesus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Eric Voegelin ranks 90. Before him are Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei, Hendrik Verwoerd, Melvyn Douglas, Nicola Abbagnano, Ub Iwerks, and Ludolf von Alvensleben. After him are Marino Marini, Hermann Priess, Stella Adler, Henri Cochet, Miklós Nyiszli, and Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria. Among people deceased in 1985, Eric Voegelin ranks 63. Before him are André Kertész, Dan White, Tapio Wirkkala, Karl-Adolf Hollidt, Louise Brooks, and Michael Redgrave. After him are David Byron, Hermann Priess, Birabongse Bhanudej, Cus D'Amato, Jean-Marie Loret, and Axel Springer.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Eric Voegelin ranks 1,963 out of 7,253. Before him are John Jacob Astor (1763), Manfred Kaltz (1953), Liudolf, Duke of Swabia (930), Margaret Sambiria (1230), Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach (1721), and Heinrich von Treitschke (1834). After him are Ernst Engel (1821), Stéphane Hessel (1917), Manfred von Ardenne (1907), Joachim Streich (1951), Karin Dor (1938), and Reinhard Marx (1953).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Eric Voegelin ranks 85. Before him are Alfred Schmidt (1931), Conrad Celtes (1459), Eduard Spranger (1882), Friedrich Albert Lange (1828), Eugen Fink (1905), and Andreas Karlstadt (1486). After him are Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769), Johannes Sturm (1507), Ernst Nolte (1923), Johann Bernhard Basedow (1723), Rudolph Goclenius (1547), and Karl Vogt (1817).

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