PHILOSOPHER

José Ortega y Gasset

1883 - 1955

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José Ortega y Gasset (; Spanish: [xoˈse oɾˈteɣaj ɣaˈset]; 9 May 1883 – 18 October 1955) was a Spanish philosopher and essayist. He worked during the first half of the 20th century while Spain oscillated between monarchy, republicanism and dictatorship. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José Ortega y Gasset is the 187th most popular philosopher (down from 181st in 2019), the 97th most popular biography from Spain (down from 91st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Spanish Philosopher.

Ortega y Gasset is most famous for his idea of the "revolt of the masses" in which he believes that the masses have become more important than the individual.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, José Ortega y Gasset ranks 187 out of 1,267. Before him are Carl Schmitt, Cesare Beccaria, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Claude Adrien Helvétius, Jean Baudrillard, and Sextus Empiricus. After him are Bernard Bolzano, Gemistus Pletho, Pierre Gassendi, Pierre Bayle, Kabir, and Apollonius of Tyana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, José Ortega y Gasset ranks 18. Before him are Joseph Schumpeter, Lev Kamenev, Norman Haworth, Otto Heinrich Warburg, Grigory Zinoviev, and Pierre Laval. After him are Morihei Ueshiba, Clement Attlee, Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, Edgard Varèse, Lon Chaney, and Theo van Doesburg. Among people deceased in 1955, José Ortega y Gasset ranks 6. Before him are Albert Einstein, Alexander Fleming, Thomas Mann, James Dean, and Dale Carnegie. After him are Arthur Honegger, Sadako Sasaki, James B. Sumner, Alberto Ascari, Fernand Léger, and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, José Ortega y Gasset ranks 97 out of 3,355. Before him are Rafael Benítez (1960), Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (1507), Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475), Joaquín Rodrigo (1901), Vicente del Bosque (1950), and Peter III of Aragon (1239). After him are Alfonso VI of León and Castile (1040), Magnus Maximus (335), Alfonso V of Aragon (1396), Blanche of Castile (1188), Francisco Tárrega (1852), and Santiago Calatrava (1951).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Spain

Among philosophers born in Spain, José Ortega y Gasset ranks 6. Before him are Seneca the Younger (-4), Averroes (1126), Ibn Arabi (1165), Ramon Llull (1232), and Ibn Tufail (1110). After him are Miguel de Unamuno (1864), Baltasar Gracián (1601), Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021), Francisco Suárez (1548), Abraham ibn Ezra (1089), and Arnaldus de Villa Nova (1240).

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