PHILOSOPHER

Hans Jonas

1903 - 1993

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Hans Jonas (; German: [ˈjoːnas]; 10 May 1903 – 5 February 1993) was a German and American philosopher. From 1955 to 1976 he was the Alvin Johnson Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York City. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Jonas is the 286th most popular philosopher (down from 263rd in 2019), the 635th most popular biography from Germany (down from 553rd in 2019) and the 40th most popular German Philosopher.

Hans Jonas is most famous for his work on the philosophy of technology. He was a Jewish philosopher born in Germany, and he fled to the United States during the Nazi regime. His most famous work is "The Imperative of Responsibility: In Search of Ethics for the Technological Age."

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Hans Jonas ranks 286 out of 1,267. Before him are Sri Aurobindo, Abraham ibn Ezra, Bayazid Bastami, Ramana Maharshi, Bruno Latour, and Epimenides. After him are Thomas Carlyle, Speusippus, Alexander of Aphrodisias, Jacques Maritain, Alain Badiou, and Alfred Tarski.

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Among people born in 1903, Hans Jonas ranks 35. Before him are Rudolf Abel, Nikolai Podgorny, Fahri Korutürk, José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Raymond Queneau, and John Dillinger. After him are Irène Némirovsky, John Eccles, The French Angel, Alec Douglas-Home, Bing Crosby, and Jiro Horikoshi. Among people deceased in 1993, Hans Jonas ranks 23. Before him are André the Giant, Robert W. Holley, Bobby Moore, Wolfgang Paul, Brandon Lee, and Kōbō Abe. After him are Albert Sabin, Bill Bixby, Lillian Gish, Léon Theremin, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, and Joseph L. Mankiewicz.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Jonas ranks 635 out of 7,253. Before him are Wolfgang Petersen (1941), Kurt Weill (1900), Walter Baade (1893), Adolf Galland (1912), Klaus Mann (1906), and Helmut Newton (1920). After him are Wilhelm Mohnke (1911), Anneliese Michel (1952), Gabriele Münter (1877), Kurt Student (1890), Rudolf von Jhering (1818), and Hans von Bülow (1830).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Hans Jonas ranks 40. Before him are Ernst Bloch (1885), Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743), Franz Brentano (1838), Adam Weishaupt (1748), Johann Reuchlin (1455), and Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann (1842). After him are Rudolf Bultmann (1884), Bruno Bauer (1809), Moritz Schlick (1882), Hugh of Saint Victor (1096), David Strauss (1808), and Rudolf Otto (1869).

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