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Kaibara Ekken

1630 - 1714

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Kaibara Ekken (貝原 益軒; December 17, 1630 – October 5, 1714) or Ekiken, also known as Atsunobu (篤信), was a Japanese Neo-Confucianist philosopher and botanist. Kaibara was born into a family of advisors to the daimyō of Fukuoka Domain in Chikuzen Province (modern-day Fukuoka Prefecture). He accompanied his father to Edo in 1648, and was sent in 1649 to Nagasaki to study Western science. At his father's urging, he continued his studies in Nagasaki as a rōnin from 1650 through 1656. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kaibara Ekken is the 1,128th most popular philosopher (down from 1,115th in 2019). (down from 3,791st in 2019)

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Among philosophers, Kaibara Ekken ranks 1,128 out of 1,267. Before him are David Chalmers, Sphaerus, Mario Tronti, Uku Masing, Jaegwon Kim, and Polemon of Athens. After him are Anna Tumarkin, Adolf Grünbaum, Pritilata Waddedar, Derek Prince, Allan Bloom, and Ecphantus the Pythagorean.

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Among people born in 1630, Kaibara Ekken ranks 25. Before him are Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp, Nikolay Diletsky, Cornelis Pietersz Bega, Jean Richer, Lorenzo Gafà, and Silvestro Valier. After him are Lucy Walter, and Sultan Bahu. Among people deceased in 1714, Kaibara Ekken ranks 16. Before him are Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Marie Anne Mancini, Prince Frederick William of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, Vasily Golitsyn, and Gottfried Arnold. After him are Matthew Henry, and Edmund Andros.

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