PHILOSOPHER

Lanza del Vasto

1901 - 1981

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Lanza del Vasto (born Giuseppe Giovanni Luigi Maria Enrico Lanza di Trabia-Branciforte; 29 September 1901 – 6 January 1981) was an Italian philosopher, poet, artist, Catholic and nonviolent activist. He was born in San Vito dei Normanni, Italy and died in Murcia, Spain. A western disciple of Mohandas K. Gandhi, he worked for inter-religious dialogue, spiritual renewal, ecological activism and nonviolence. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lanza del Vasto is the 948th most popular philosopher (down from 870th in 2019), the 2,876th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,618th in 2019) and the 66th most popular Italian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Lanza del Vasto ranks 948 out of 1,267. Before him are Isidore of Alexandria, Theodor Gomperz, Camillo Berneri, Élisabeth Badinter, Ogyū Sorai, and Ibrahim al-Nazzam. After him are Leo Baeck, Sarada Devi, Dirck Coornhert, Stanley Cavell, Bernard Stiegler, and Keshub Chandra Sen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Lanza del Vasto ranks 160. Before him are Prince Christoph of Hesse, George Raft, Kwon Ki-ok, Agostinho Fortes Filho, Henri Tomasi, and André Parrot. After him are Ebbe Schwartz, Sergei Tumansky, Kurt Jooss, Dmitry Lelyushenko, Werner Egk, and Fernando Tambroni. Among people deceased in 1981, Lanza del Vasto ranks 124. Before him are D. R. Bendre, Mario Camerini, Ivan Eklind, Ricardo Wolf, Princess Marina Petrovna of Russia, and Josef Silný. After him are Agniya Barto, Aleksandra Beļcova, Lyudmila Zhivkova, Edward Lasker, Beatrice Tinsley, and Zoilo Saldombide.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Lanza del Vasto ranks 2,876 out of 5,161. Before him are Pietro Ferraris (1912), Giulia Grisi (1811), Nerio I Acciaioli (1400), Gianna Maria Canale (1927), Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg (1861), and Graziadio Isaia Ascoli (1829). After him are Ulric Manfred II of Turin (901), Geki (1937), Gaudentius of Brescia (327), Pietro Filippo Scarlatti (1679), Pietro IV Candiano (901), and Girolamo Savoldo (1480).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Italy

Among philosophers born in Italy, Lanza del Vasto ranks 66. Before him are Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (1707), John Italus (1025), Charondas (-600), Dietrich von Hildebrand (1889), Andrea Carlo Ferrari (1850), and Camillo Berneri (1897). After him are Monimus (-400), Alois Riehl (1844), Mario Perniola (1941), Carlo Cattaneo (1801), Luciano Floridi (1964), and Eugenio Garin (1909).

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