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Lysander Spooner

1808 - 1887

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Lysander Spooner (January 19, 1808 – May 14, 1887) was an American abolitionist, entrepreneur, lawyer, essayist, natural rights legal theorist, pamphleteer, political philosopher, and writer often associated with the Boston anarchist tradition. Spooner was a strong advocate of the labor movement and is politically identified with individualist anarchism. His writings contributed to the development of both left-libertarian and right-libertarian political theory. Spooner's writings include the abolitionist book The Unconstitutionality of Slavery and No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority, which opposed treason charges against secessionists. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lysander Spooner is the 1,022nd most popular philosopher (down from 957th in 2019), the 5,622nd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,285th in 2019) and the 46th most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Lysander Spooner ranks 1,022 out of 1,267. Before him are Achille Mbembe, Jerzy Żuławski, Colotes, Merab Mamardashvili, Chinmayananda Saraswati, and Simón Rodríguez. After him are Gabriel Biel, Anselm of Laon, Ivan Aksakov, Arulenus Rusticus, Michael Oakeshott, and Tirumalai Krishnamacharya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1808, Lysander Spooner ranks 49. Before him are August von Werder, Auguste Franchomme, Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso, Pyotr Chikhachyov, James Nasmyth, and Sofia Adlersparre. After him are Rodolfo Amando Philippi, Josef Kajetán Tyl, Salmon P. Chase, Henry Edward Manning, John Taylor, and Antonio Arenas. Among people deceased in 1887, Lysander Spooner ranks 36. Before him are Peter Jan Beckx, Otto Lesser, Alvan Clark, Prince Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein, Louis Gallait, and Joachim IV of Constantinople. After him are Joseph Whitworth, Lorenzo Batlle y Grau, August Friedrich Pott, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Friedrich Theodor Vischer, and Mikhail Katkov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lysander Spooner ranks 5,622 out of 20,380. Before him are Barbara Hale (1922), Joel McCrea (1905), Alfred P. Sloan (1875), Karen Nyberg (1969), Nelson A. Miles (1839), and A. C. Green (1963). After him are Tom Mix (1880), Ed Roberts (1941), Donnie Wahlberg (1969), James Edward Keeler (1857), JJ Redick (1984), and Justin Theroux (1971).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Lysander Spooner ranks 46. Before him are Stanley Cavell (1926), Sandra Harding (1935), David Lewis (1941), Peter Lamborn Wilson (1945), Ram Dass (1931), and Robert Anton Wilson (1932). After him are Lon L. Fuller (1902), Hubert Dreyfus (1929), Mary Whiton Calkins (1863), Susan George (1934), Amina Wadud (1952), and Edmund Gettier (1927).

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