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Max Scheler

1874 - 1928

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Max Ferdinand Scheler (German: [ˈʃeːlɐ]; 22 August 1874 – 19 May 1928) was a German philosopher known for his work in phenomenology, ethics, and philosophical anthropology. Considered in his lifetime one of the most prominent German philosophers, Scheler developed the philosophical method of Edmund Husserl, the founder of phenomenology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Max Scheler is the 159th most popular philosopher (down from 152nd in 2019), the 269th most popular biography from Germany (down from 232nd in 2019) and the 25th most popular German Philosopher.

Max Scheler was a German philosopher and phenomenologist. He is most famous for his work on moral philosophy and ethics.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Max Scheler ranks 159 out of 1,267. Before him are Han Fei, Louis Althusser, Friedrich Schleiermacher, György Lukács, Clement of Alexandria, and Max Stirner. After him are Hans Kelsen, Ibn Tufail, Oswald Spengler, Paul Ricœur, Herbert Marcuse, and Athanasius Kircher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Max Scheler ranks 10. Before him are W. Somerset Maugham, Arnold Schoenberg, Harry Houdini, Herbert Hoover, Howard Carter, and Johannes Stark. After him are Ernst Cassirer, Sunjong of Korea, Chaim Weizmann, Edward Thorndike, Carl Bosch, and John D. Rockefeller Jr.. Among people deceased in 1928, Max Scheler ranks 7. Before him are Roald Amundsen, Thomas Hardy, Hendrik Lorentz, Wilhelm Wien, Maria Feodorovna, and Leoš Janáček. After him are Édouard-Henri Avril, Emmeline Pankhurst, Theodore William Richards, Johannes Fibiger, Franz Stuck, and Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Max Scheler ranks 269 out of 7,253. Before him are Ludwig Erhard (1897), Konstantin von Neurath (1873), Albert Kesselring (1885), Friedrich Bessel (1784), Walther von Brauchitsch (1881), and Max Stirner (1806). After him are Wilhelm Canaris (1887), Oswald Spengler (1880), Leopold von Ranke (1795), Irma Grese (1923), Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (1016), and Ernst Jünger (1895).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Max Scheler ranks 25. Before him are Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776), Baron d'Holbach (1723), Wilhelm Dilthey (1833), Edith Stein (1891), Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714), and Max Stirner (1806). After him are Oswald Spengler (1880), Herbert Marcuse (1898), Athanasius Kircher (1602), Ferdinand Tönnies (1855), Carl Schmitt (1888), and Max Horkheimer (1895).

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