PHILOSOPHER

John Cantius

1390 - 1473

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John Cantius (Latin: Joannes Cantius; Polish: Jan z Kęt or Jan Kanty; 23 June 1390 – 24 December 1473) was a Polish Catholic priest, scholastic philosopher, physicist and theologian. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Cantius is the 683rd most popular philosopher (up from 720th in 2019), the 417th most popular biography from Poland (up from 471st in 2019) and the 17th most popular Polish Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, John Cantius ranks 683 out of 1,267Before him are Paul Virilio, Pyotr Lavrov, Cristoforo Landino, N. T. Wright, Johan Vilhelm Snellman, and Michael Dummett. After him are Richard of Saint Victor, Pantaenus, Theophan Prokopovich, Antonio Rosmini, Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī, and Johann Bernhard Basedow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1390, John Cantius ranks 10Before him are La Hire, João Gonçalves Zarco, John Dunstaple, Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Al-Musta'in, and Contessina de' Bardi. After him are Bengt Jönsson, Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg, Alexander I of Georgia, Anne de Mortimer, Petr Chelčický, and Nils Jönsson. Among people deceased in 1473, John Cantius ranks 5Before him are Gennadius Scholarius, Giorgio da Sebenico, Kerei Khan, and Contessina de' Bardi. After him are James II of Cyprus, Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine, Nikolaus Gerhaert, and Nicolò Tron.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, John Cantius ranks 417 out of 1,694Before him are Wilhelm Brasse (1917), Julie Guicciardi (1782), Michał Kalecki (1899), Franciszek Gajowniczek (1901), Wilhelm Kube (1887), and Hyacinth of Poland (1185). After him are Hellmuth Stieff (1901), Gustav Freytag (1816), Friedrich Ernst Dorn (1848), Johann Adam Hiller (1728), Jan Jesenius (1566), and Zbigniew Religa (1938).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Poland

Among philosophers born in Poland, John Cantius ranks 17Before him are Heinrich Rickert (1863), Paul Tillich (1886), Leszek Kołakowski (1927), Chaïm Perelman (1912), Johannes Bugenhagen (1485), and Roman Ingarden (1893). After him are Kuno Fischer (1824), Franz Neumann (1900), Wolfhart Pannenberg (1928), Symon Budny (1530), Florian Znaniecki (1882), and Józef Maria Bocheński (1902).