PHILOSOPHER

Ernst Bloch

1885 - 1977

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Ernst Simon Bloch (; German: [ɛʁnst ˈblɔx]; July 8, 1885 – August 4, 1977; pseudonyms: Karl Jahraus, Jakob Knerz) was a German Marxist philosopher. Bloch was influenced by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Karl Marx, as well as by apocalyptic and religious thinkers such as Thomas Müntzer, Paracelsus, and Jacob Böhme. He established friendships with György Lukács, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, Walter Benjamin, and Theodor W. Adorno. Bloch's work focuses on an optimistic teleology of the history of mankind. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernst Bloch is the 227th most popular philosopher (up from 242nd in 2019), the 437th most popular biography from Germany (up from 485th in 2019) and the 34th most popular German Philosopher.

Ernst Bloch is most famous for his book The Principle of Hope. In this book, he argues that hope is a necessary component of life, and that without it, life would be unbearable. He defines hope as the belief that something good will happen in the future.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Ernst Bloch ranks 227 out of 1,267. Before him are Benjamin Constant, Xenocrates, Julius Evola, Francisco Suárez, Paulo Freire, and Joseph de Maistre. After him are Gaston Bachelard, Benedetto Croce, Al-Ash'ari, Iamblichus, Carneades, and Marshall McLuhan.

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Among people born in 1885, Ernst Bloch ranks 20. Before him are Julius Streicher, Hugo Boss, Robert Delaunay, George de Hevesy, Karen Horney, and André Maurois. After him are Umberto Nobile, Ernst Busch, Heinrich Hoffmann, Mikhail Frunze, Heinrich Brüning, and Vladimir Tatlin. Among people deceased in 1977, Ernst Bloch ranks 18. Before him are René Goscinny, Lee Miller, Anthony Eden, Roberto Rossellini, Makarios III, and Jacques Prévert. After him are Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Kurt Schuschnigg, Alexey Stakhanov, Anaïs Nin, Archibald Hill, and Howard Hawks.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernst Bloch ranks 437 out of 7,253. Before him are Otto Loewi (1873), Otto Lilienthal (1848), Leo von Caprivi (1831), Pina Bausch (1940), Hans Krebs (1898), and Maria Anna of Bavaria (1805). After him are Michael Haneke (1942), Frederick I of Sweden (1676), Karl Drais (1785), Conradin (1252), Hedwig of Silesia (1174), and Anselm Kiefer (1945).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Ernst Bloch ranks 34. Before him are Athanasius Kircher (1602), Ferdinand Tönnies (1855), Carl Schmitt (1888), Max Horkheimer (1895), Rudolf Carnap (1891), and Moses Mendelssohn (1729). After him are Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743), Franz Brentano (1838), Adam Weishaupt (1748), Johann Reuchlin (1455), Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann (1842), and Hans Jonas (1903).

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