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Frithjof Schuon

1907 - 1998

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Frithjof Schuon ( SHOO-on; German: [ˈfʁɪtjɔf ˈʃuːɔn]; 18 June 1907 – 5 May 1998) was a Swiss philosopher and spiritual leader, belonging to the Traditionalist School of Perennialism. He was the author of more than twenty works in French on metaphysics, spirituality, religion, anthropology and art. He was also a painter and a poet. With René Guénon and Ananda Coomaraswamy, Schuon was one of the major 20th-century representatives of the philosophia perennis. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frithjof Schuon is the 668th most popular philosopher (down from 634th in 2019), the 200th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 175th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Swiss Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Frithjof Schuon ranks 668 out of 1,267. Before him are Nezahualcoyotl, Michael Walzer, Gorakhnath, Ernst Nolte, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Liu Bowen. After him are Shen Buhai, Diogenes of Oenoanda, Hippo, Ian Stevenson, Dharmakirti, and Paul Nizan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Frithjof Schuon ranks 101. Before him are Herbert Kappler, Run Run Shaw, Pavel Sudoplatov, Cesar Romero, Manfred von Ardenne, and Pedro Arrupe. After him are Takeo Miki, Johann Trollmann, Álvaro Gestido, Chūya Nakahara, Theodor Wisch, and Cab Calloway. Among people deceased in 1998, Frithjof Schuon ranks 82. Before him are George Wallace, Archie Moore, Ted Hughes, Ferenc Deák, Sōsuke Uno, and László Szabó. After him are Haxhi Lleshi, Shotaro Ishinomori, Maureen O'Sullivan, Benjamin Spock, Remo Giazotto, and Aymoré Moreira.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Frithjof Schuon ranks 200 out of 1,015. Before him are Charles Bally (1865), Joachim Raff (1822), Yann Sommer (1988), Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza (1945), Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825), and Ueli Maurer (1950). After him are Köbi Kuhn (1943), Simonetta Sommaruga (1960), Billy Meier (1937), Edwin Fischer (1886), Pietro Lombardo (1435), and Louis Zutter (1865).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Switzerland

Among philosophers born in Switzerland, Frithjof Schuon ranks 5. Before him are Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712), Benjamin Constant (1767), Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821), and Emer de Vattel (1714). After him are Jean Vanier (1928), Denis de Rougemont (1906), Tariq Ramadan (1962), and Karl Ludwig von Haller (1768).

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