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Jean Hyppolite

1907 - 1968

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Jean Hyppolite (French: [ʒɑ̃ ipɔlit]; 8 January 1907 – 26 October 1968) was a French philosopher known for championing the work of G. W. F. Hegel, and other German philosophers, and educating some of France's most prominent post-war thinkers. His major works include Genèse et structure de la Phénoménologie de l'esprit de Hegel (1946) and Études sur Marx et Hegel (1955) and the first translation of Hegel's The Phenomenology of Spirit into French in 1939. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Hyppolite is the 592nd most popular philosopher (up from 609th in 2019), the 1,856th most popular biography from France (up from 1,895th in 2019) and the 77th most popular French Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Jean Hyppolite ranks 592 out of 1,267Before him are Chaïm Perelman, John Austin, Yang Zhu, Zaleucus, G. A. Cohen, and Tom Regan. After him are Werner Jaeger, Vilém Flusser, Hans Blumenberg, Byung-Chul Han, David Hartley, and Zoilus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Jean Hyppolite ranks 86Before him are Pierre Mendès France, Fabian von Schlabrendorff, John G. Trump, Jan Patočka, Marcel Bezençon, and Mehdi Bazargan. After him are Franz Jägerstätter, René Char, Antonín Puč, Altiero Spinelli, Nicolaus von Below, and Avraham Stern. Among people deceased in 1968, Jean Hyppolite ranks 56Before him are Zaki al-Arsuzi, Tsuguharu Foujita, Fritz Bauer, Boris Lyatoshinsky, John Heartfield, and Franz Pfeffer von Salomon. After him are István Dobi, Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz, Husband E. Kimmel, Augustin Bea, Eben Dönges, and Konstantin Paustovsky.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Hyppolite ranks 1,856 out of 6,770Before him are Philippe de Commines (1447), Gaston Planté (1834), Warda Al-Jazairia (1939), Pierre Belon (1517), Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy (1920), and Valentin Haüy (1745). After him are Jean Borotra (1898), Claude Brasseur (1936), Jacques Chaban-Delmas (1915), Henri Grégoire (1750), Louis de Beaufront (1855), and Claude Françoise de Lorraine (1612).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Jean Hyppolite ranks 77Before him are Gersonides (1288), William of Champeaux (1070), Jean-Marie Guyau (1854), Étienne-Gabriel Morelly (1717), Pierre Charron (1541), and Georges Canguilhem (1904). After him are Jacques Ellul (1912), Henry Corbin (1903), Berengar of Tours (998), Étienne Balibar (1942), Maurice Blondel (1861), and Yves Bonnefoy (1923).