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Maine de Biran

1766 - 1824

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François-Pierre-Gontier de Biran (; 29 November 1766 – 20 July 1824), usually known as Maine de Biran (French: [mɛn də biʁɑ̃]), was a French philosopher. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maine de Biran is the 470th most popular philosopher (down from 451st in 2019), the 1,356th most popular biography from France (down from 1,322nd in 2019) and the 61st most popular French Philosopher.

Marie-Jeanne-Baptiste-Germaine de Biran was a French philosopher and writer. She is most famous for her work on the philosophy of mind and self-consciousness.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Maine de Biran ranks 470 out of 1,267. Before him are Shantideva, Roger Scruton, Alasdair MacIntyre, Theodorus the Atheist, Ibn al-Rawandi, and Zisi. After him are Eubulides, Gustavo Gutiérrez, Guillaume Budé, Nana Asmaʼu, Paul Natorp, and H. L. A. Hart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1766, Maine de Biran ranks 13. Before him are Nikolay Karamzin, Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, Franz Xaver Süssmayr, William Hyde Wollaston, Johanna Schopenhauer, and José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia. After him are Rodolphe Kreutzer, Dominique Jean Larrey, Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel, John Farey Sr., Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, and François-Xavier Fabre. Among people deceased in 1824, Maine de Biran ranks 13. Before him are Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany, James Parkinson, Agustín de Iturbide, Giovanni Battista Viotti, Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca, and Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson. After him are David Bushnell, Maria Theresia von Paradis, Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, Friedrich August Wolf, Rama II of Siam, and Ercole Consalvi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Maine de Biran ranks 1,356 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse (1678), Monique Wittig (1935), Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1580), Jane Avril (1868), Pierre Louis Dulong (1785), and Félix Savart (1791). After him are Pierre Lescot (1515), Maurice Duverger (1917), Marie Laurencin (1883), Constance of Arles (974), Pierre Brice (1929), and Karim Benzema (1987).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Maine de Biran ranks 61. Before him are Jean Gerson (1363), Alain de Benoist (1943), Étienne Gilson (1884), Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples (1460), Alain de Lille (1117), and Vincent of Beauvais (1190). After him are Guillaume Budé (1467), Michel de Certeau (1925), Ernest Gellner (1925), Pierre Duhem (1861), Petrus Ramus (1515), and Emmanuel Mounier (1905).

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