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Johannes Althusius

1563 - 1638

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Johannes Althusius (1563 – August 12, 1638) was a German jurist and Calvinist political philosopher. He is best known for his 1603 work Politica Methodice Digesta, Atque Exemplis Sacris et Profanis Illustrata which revised editions were published in 1610 and 1614. The ideas expressed therein relate to the early development of federalism in the 16th and 17th centuries and the construction of subsidiarity. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johannes Althusius is the 500th most popular philosopher (down from 442nd in 2019), the 1,346th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,146th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular German Philosopher.

Johannes Althusius is most famous for his theory of federalism, which he developed in his book "Politica." Althusius argues that the state should be divided into two levels: the city-state and the nation. The city-state is a group of people who live in a particular city and are governed by their own local government. The nation is made up of many city-states, and it is governed by a federal government.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Johannes Althusius ranks 500 out of 1,267. Before him are Emmanuel Mounier, Hasdai Crescas, Kapila, Ivan Ilyin, Norberto Bobbio, and Hermann Lotze. After him are Jean-Luc Nancy, George Pachymeres, Homi K. Bhabha, Victor Cousin, Adam Ferguson, and Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1563, Johannes Althusius ranks 6. Before him are Wanli Emperor, John Dowland, Orazio Gentileschi, Guru Arjan, and Hosokawa Gracia. After him are Mavro Orbini, Henry II, Duke of Lorraine, Andrew Báthory, Jodocus Hondius, Hosokawa Tadaoki, and Jan Huyghen van Linschoten. Among people deceased in 1638, Johannes Althusius ranks 8. Before him are Cornelius Jansen, Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg, Adriaen Brouwer, François Leclerc du Tremblay, Peter Minuit, and Ivan Gundulić. After him are Amakusa Shirō, Willem Blaeu, Cornelis van Haarlem, Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy, George Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, and Cyril Lucaris.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johannes Althusius ranks 1,346 out of 7,253. Before him are Udo Dirkschneider (1952), Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1723), Heinrich Gustav Magnus (1802), Til Schweiger (1963), Viktor Lutze (1890), and Johann Matthäus Bechstein (1757). After him are Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1854), Arthur Moeller van den Bruck (1876), Rudolf Erich Raspe (1736), Friedrich August Wolf (1759), Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1704), and Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria (1447).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Johannes Althusius ranks 63. Before him are Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach (1775), Franz Rosenzweig (1886), Paul Natorp (1854), Leo Strauss (1899), Ernst Troeltsch (1865), and Hermann Lotze (1817). After him are Axel Honneth (1949), Karl Löwith (1897), Ludwig Büchner (1824), Karl-Otto Apel (1922), Carl Stumpf (1848), and Annemarie Schimmel (1922).

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