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Johann Friedrich Herbart

1776 - 1841

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Johann Friedrich Herbart (German: [ˈhɛʁbaʁt]; 4 May 1776 – 14 August 1841) was a German philosopher, psychologist and founder of pedagogy as an academic discipline. Herbart is now remembered amongst the post-Kantian philosophers mostly as making the greatest contrast to Hegel—in particular in relation to aesthetics. His educational philosophy is known as Herbartianism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Friedrich Herbart is the 133rd most popular philosopher (down from 117th in 2019), the 208th most popular biography from Germany (down from 156th in 2019) and the 19th most popular German Philosopher.

Johann Friedrich Herbart is most famous for his law of exercise, which states that learning occurs when the learner is able to make a connection between what they know and what they are learning.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Johann Friedrich Herbart ranks 133 out of 1,267. Before him are Chanakya, Pyrrho, Anaximenes of Miletus, Simone Weil, Joseph Priestley, and John Wycliffe. After him are Martin Buber, Zygmunt Bauman, Giambattista Vico, Tommaso Campanella, Philo, and Charles Fourier.

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Among people born in 1776, Johann Friedrich Herbart ranks 3. Before him are Amedeo Avogadro, and E. T. A. Hoffmann. After him are Sophie Germain, John Constable, Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Caroline of Baden, Ioannis Kapodistrias, Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary, Şehzade Abdullah, Johann Wilhelm Ritter, and Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh. Among people deceased in 1841, Johann Friedrich Herbart ranks 2. Before him is Nicolas Appert. After him are Mikhail Lermontov, William Henry Harrison, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Caroline of Baden, George Green, Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, Friedrich Sertürner, Johan August Arfwedson, and Félix Savart.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Friedrich Herbart ranks 208 out of 7,253. Before him are Erich Raeder (1876), Frederick Trump (1869), Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756), Gottlob Frege (1848), Princess Ludovika of Bavaria (1808), and Hans Zimmer (1957). After him are Johannes Stark (1874), Hans Lippershey (1570), Gustav Ludwig Hertz (1887), Wilhelm, German Crown Prince (1882), Frank-Walter Steinmeier (1956), and Frederick V of the Palatinate (1596).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Johann Friedrich Herbart ranks 19. Before him are Carl von Clausewitz (1780), Walter Benjamin (1892), Friedrich Fröbel (1782), Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767), Meister Eckhart (1260), and Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900). After him are Baron d'Holbach (1723), Wilhelm Dilthey (1833), Edith Stein (1891), Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714), Max Stirner (1806), and Max Scheler (1874).

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