PHILOSOPHER

Hans Blumenberg

1920 - 1996

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Hans Blumenberg (German: [ˈbluːmənˌbɛʁk]; 13 July 1920, Lübeck – 28 March 1996, Altenberge) was a German philosopher and intellectual historian. He studied philosophy, German studies and the classics (1939–47, interrupted by World War II) and is considered to be one of the most important German philosophers of the century. He died on 28 March 1996 in Altenberge (near Münster), Germany. Blumenberg created what has come to be called "metaphorology", which states that what lies under metaphors and language modisms, is the nearest to the truth (and the farthest from ideologies). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Blumenberg is the 595th most popular philosopher (down from 525th in 2019), the 1,742nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,451st in 2019) and the 76th most popular German Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Hans Blumenberg ranks 595 out of 1,267. Before him are Zaleucus, G. A. Cohen, Tom Regan, Jean Hyppolite, Werner Jaeger, and Vilém Flusser. After him are Byung-Chul Han, David Hartley, Zoilus, Constantin von Tischendorf, Jonathan Edwards, and Jacques Ellul.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Hans Blumenberg ranks 104. Before him are Henri Verneuil, Roberto Calvi, Gottfried Böhm, Eileen Chang, Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy, and Vilém Flusser. After him are Tom of Finland, Victor Turner, Bruno Maderna, Väinö Linna, Peggy Lee, and Marlen Haushofer. Among people deceased in 1996, Hans Blumenberg ranks 74. Before him are Lucio Fulci, Toru Takemitsu, Spiro Agnew, Frida Boccara, Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este, and Mary Leakey. After him are Bob Paisley, Michel Debré, Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria, Pavel Sudoplatov, Shūsaku Endō, and Nguyễn Hữu Thọ.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Blumenberg ranks 1,742 out of 7,253. Before him are Werner Jaeger (1888), Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine (1539), August Ludwig von Schlözer (1735), Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden (1763), Adolf Hurwitz (1859), and Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736). After him are Edmund Conen (1914), Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1727), Karl von Piloty (1826), Conrad Veidt (1893), Christian Morgenstern (1871), and Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link (1767).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Hans Blumenberg ranks 76. Before him are Albert of Saxony (1316), Karl Korsch (1886), Hans Vaihinger (1852), Philipp Mainländer (1841), Karl Christian Friedrich Krause (1781), and Werner Jaeger (1888). After him are Constantin von Tischendorf (1815), Hermann Samuel Reimarus (1694), Alfred Schmidt (1931), Conrad Celtes (1459), Eduard Spranger (1882), and Friedrich Albert Lange (1828).

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