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Jean Améry

1912 - 1978

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Jean Améry (31 October 1912 – 17 October 1978), born Hans Chaim Maier, was an Austrian-born essayist whose work was often informed by his experiences during World War II. His most celebrated work, At the Mind's Limits: Contemplations by a Survivor on Auschwitz and Its Realities (1966), suggests that torture was "the essence" of the Third Reich. Other notable works included On Aging (1968) and On Suicide: A Discourse on Voluntary Death (1976). He adopted the pseudonym Jean Améry after 1945. Améry died by suicide in 1978. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Améry is the 519th most popular philosopher (up from 636th in 2019), the 333rd most popular biography from Austria (up from 418th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Austrian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Jean Améry ranks 519 out of 1,267. Before him are Thomas Nagel, Johann Christoph Gottsched, Sergei Bulgakov, Michel Serres, Gilbert Ryle, and Vittorino da Feltre. After him are Karl Löwith, Huiyuan, Giles of Rome, Madhvacharya, Ludwig Büchner, and Anaxarchus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Jean Améry ranks 80. Before him are György Sárosi, José Ferrer, Hermann Graf, Pedro Armendáriz, Lev Gumilyov, and Ivan Yakubovsky. After him are Khertek Anchimaa-Toka, A. E. van Vogt, Georg Solti, Ertuğrul Osman, Hugh Griffith, and Michael Wilding. Among people deceased in 1978, Jean Améry ranks 53. Before him are Keith Moon, Hannah Höch, Giovanni Gronchi, Mark Robson, Misao Tamai, and Ignazio Silone. After him are Roger Caillois, W. Eugene Smith, Prince Nicholas of Romania, Carlo Scarpa, Hubert Humphrey, and Tetsu Katayama.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Jean Améry ranks 333 out of 1,424. Before him are Martin Weinek (1964), Robert Adler (1913), Rudolf Hilferding (1877), Erich Kleiber (1890), Alexander Wienerberger (1891), and Adam Albert von Neipperg (1775). After him are Othenio Abel (1875), Archduchess Marie Caroline of Austria (1801), Felix Baumgartner (1969), Joe Zawinul (1932), Friedrich Gulda (1930), and Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (1793).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Austria

Among philosophers born in Austria, Jean Améry ranks 10. Before him are Paul Feyerabend (1924), Josef Breuer (1842), Ivan Illich (1926), Otto Weininger (1880), Alfred Schütz (1899), and Otto Neurath (1882). After him are Karl Leonhard Reinhold (1757), André Gorz (1923), Kazimierz Twardowski (1866), Christian von Ehrenfels (1859), Jacob Taubes (1923), and Helene von Druskowitz (1856).

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