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Jonathan Edwards

1703 - 1758

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Jonathan Edwards (October 5, 1703 – March 22, 1758) was an American revivalist preacher, philosopher, and Congregationalist theologian. Edwards is widely regarded as one of America's most important and original philosophical theologians. Edwards' theological work is broad in scope but rooted in the Puritan heritage as exemplified in the Westminster and Savoy Confessions of Faith. Recent studies have emphasized how thoroughly Edwards grounded his life's work on conceptions of beauty, harmony, and ethical aptness, and how central the Age of Enlightenment was to his mindset. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jonathan Edwards is the 600th most popular philosopher (up from 646th in 2019), the 2,359th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,222nd in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Jonathan Edwards ranks 600 out of 1,267. Before him are Vilém Flusser, Hans Blumenberg, Byung-Chul Han, David Hartley, Zoilus, and Constantin von Tischendorf. After him are Jacques Ellul, Emer de Vattel, Henry Corbin, Johannes Bugenhagen, Crates of Mallus, and Hermann Samuel Reimarus.

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Among people born in 1703, Jonathan Edwards ranks 7. Before him are Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, François Boucher, Marie Leszczyńska, John Wesley, Louis, Duke of Orléans, and Shah Waliullah Dehlawi. After him are Anton Wilhelm Amo, Johann Theodor of Bavaria, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach, Aleksei Chirikov, Johann Gottlieb Graun, and Jean-François Séguier. Among people deceased in 1758, Jonathan Edwards ranks 7. Before him are Pope Benedict XIV, Hans Egede, Prince Augustus William of Prussia, Barbara of Portugal, Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, and Pierre Bouguer. After him are Senesino, Johan Helmich Roman, Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Johann Friedrich Fasch, Antoine de Jussieu, and Johann Baptist Zimmermann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jonathan Edwards ranks 2,359 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Bay (1965), Paul Schrader (1946), Tony Levin (1946), Jorge Garcia (1973), Larry Bird (1956), and Henry Draper (1837). After him are Rob Reiner (1947), Mark W. Clark (1896), Peter Criss (1945), Billy Zane (1966), Coolio (1963), and Charles Francis Adams Sr. (1807).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Jonathan Edwards ranks 24. Before him are Kenneth Waltz (1924), Saul Kripke (1940), Charles W. Morris (1903), Barrington Moore Jr. (1913), Nancy Fraser (1947), and Tom Regan (1938). After him are Arthur Danto (1924), Michael Walzer (1935), Reinhold Niebuhr (1892), C. I. Lewis (1883), Mary Parker Follett (1868), and Alvin Plantinga (1932).

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