PHILOSOPHER

Henri-Frédéric Amiel

1821 - 1881

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Henri Frédéric Amiel (French: [ɑ̃ʁi fʁedeʁik amjɛl]; 27 September 1821 – 11 May 1881) was a Swiss moral philosopher, poet, and critic. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henri-Frédéric Amiel is the 430th most popular philosopher (down from 399th in 2019), the 114th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 105th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swiss Philosopher.

Henri-Frédéric Amiel was a Swiss philosopher and poet. He is most famous for his journal, which he wrote for more than 30 years.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Henri-Frédéric Amiel ranks 430 out of 1,267. Before him are Timon of Phlius, Michael J. Sandel, Pavel Florensky, Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples, Antiochus of Ascalon, and Edward de Bono. After him are Daniel Dennett, John of Salisbury, Francisco Ferrer, Moses Hess, Thomas Cajetan, and Gautama Maharishi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1821, Henri-Frédéric Amiel ranks 19. Before him are Pauline Viardot, Charles Tupper, Richard Francis Burton, Anita Garibaldi, Johann Josef Loschmidt, and Nikolay Nekrasov. After him are Heinrich Barth, Arthur Cayley, Bartolomé Mitre, Andrew Kim Taegon, Nathan Bedford Forrest, and Eduard Heine. Among people deceased in 1881, Henri-Frédéric Amiel ranks 16. Before him are Thomas Carlyle, Jenny von Westphalen, Henri Vieuxtemps, Auguste Mariette, Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg, and Nikolai Rubinstein. After him are Empress Dowager Ci'an, Nikolay Pirogov, Theobald Boehm, Hermann Lotze, George W. De Long, and Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Henri-Frédéric Amiel ranks 114 out of 1,015. Before him are Jakob Steiner (1796), Henri Guisan (1874), Gianni Infantino (1970), Emil Abderhalden (1877), Jacques Dubochet (1942), and Alexander Agassiz (1835). After him are César Ritz (1850), Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747), Charles Bonnet (1720), Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi (1773), Friedrich Miescher (1844), and Albert Anker (1831).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Switzerland

Among philosophers born in Switzerland, Henri-Frédéric Amiel ranks 3. Before him are Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712), and Benjamin Constant (1767). After him are Emer de Vattel (1714), Frithjof Schuon (1907), Jean Vanier (1928), Denis de Rougemont (1906), Tariq Ramadan (1962), and Karl Ludwig von Haller (1768).

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