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Josef Pieper

1904 - 1997

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Josef Pieper (German: [ˈpiːpɐ]; 4 May 1904 – 6 November 1997) was a German Catholic philosopher and an important figure in the resurgence of interest in the thought of Thomas Aquinas in early-to-mid 20th-century philosophy. Among his most notable works are The Four Cardinal Virtues: Prudence, Justice, Fortitude, Temperance; Leisure, the Basis of Culture; and Guide to Thomas Aquinas (published in England as Introduction to Thomas Aquinas). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josef Pieper is the 1,115th most popular philosopher (down from 1,082nd in 2019), the 4,495th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,228th in 2019) and the 142nd most popular German Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Josef Pieper ranks 1,115 out of 1,267. Before him are Ladislav Klíma, Egon Bondy, Maitreyi, Aleksei Losev, W. D. Ross, and Dimitri Kitsikis. After him are Michael Ruse, Michał Heller, Dugald Stewart, William Lane Craig, Antoinette Brown Blackwell, and Marsilius of Inghen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Josef Pieper ranks 237. Before him are Jimmy McGrory, Käthe von Nagy, Vladimir Kokkinaki, Erwin Komenda, Pretty Boy Floyd, and Gregg Toland. After him are Abdullah Goran, Gino Rossetti, Sabin Carr, Joel de Oliveira Monteiro, Christian Møller, and Rambai Barni. Among people deceased in 1997, Josef Pieper ranks 210. Before him are Ivan Yarygin, Robert Pinget, Tete Montoliu, Roger Marche, Voldemar Väli, and Bobby Helms. After him are Billy Bremner, Georges Guétary, Eitel Cantoni, Karen Wetterhahn, Haruko Sugimura, and Maria Wittek.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Josef Pieper ranks 4,498 out of 7,253. Before him are Karin Büttner-Janz (1952), Karl Freiherr von Müffling (1775), Johann Wilhelm Schirmer (1807), Marie Luise Kaschnitz (1901), Alexander Kanoldt (1881), and August Spies (1855). After him are Elisabeth Magdalena of Pomerania (1580), Franziskus von Bettinger (1850), Hans Schwartz (1913), Johann Jacob Dillenius (1684), Reinhold Münzenberg (1909), and Margravine Philippine of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1745).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Josef Pieper ranks 142. Before him are Immanuel Hermann Fichte (1796), Max Dessoir (1867), Georg Anton Friedrich Ast (1778), Theodor Benfey (1809), Hermann Gunkel (1862), and Wilhelm Gesenius (1786). After him are Adolf Grünbaum (1923), Dieter Henrich (1927), Friedrich Gogarten (1887), Volker Zotz (1956), Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde (1930), and Walter Kaufmann (1921).

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