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Michel Onfray

1959 - Today

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Michel Onfray (French: [miʃɛl ɔ̃fʁɛ]; born 1 January 1959) is a French writer and philosopher with a hedonistic, epicurean and atheist worldview. A highly prolific author on philosophy, he has written over 100 books. His philosophy is mainly influenced by such thinkers as Nietzsche, Epicurus, the Cynic and Cyrenaic schools, as well as French materialism. He has gained notoriety for writing such works as Traité d'athéologie: Physique de la métaphysique (translated into English as Atheist Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam), Politique du rebelle: traité de résistance et d'insoumission, Physiologie de Georges Palante, portrait d'un nietzchéen de gauche, La puissance d'exister and La sculpture de soi for which he won the annual Prix Médicis in 1993. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michel Onfray is the 1,041st most popular philosopher (down from 956th in 2019), the 3,892nd most popular biography from France (down from 3,454th in 2019) and the 129th most popular French Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Michel Onfray ranks 1,041 out of 1,267. Before him are Hubert Dreyfus, Jean François de Saint-Lambert, Friedrich Paulsen, Justus Möser, Ada Adler, and Aristobulus of Alexandria. After him are Thrasyllus of Mendes, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Seyla Benhabib, Persaeus, Alfonso Reyes, and David of Dinant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Michel Onfray ranks 208. Before him are Naoji Ito, Antonio Pappano, Cindy Blackman Santana, Blixa Bargeld, Marcus Miller, and Daniel Sturla. After him are Akhmed Zakayev, Maria Guleghina, Blaž Slišković, Ezzaki Badou, Guy Laliberté, and Stephen Wolfram.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michel Onfray ranks 3,892 out of 6,770. Before him are Michèle Arnaud (1919), René Panhard (1841), François Perrier (1833), Louis Boyer (1901), Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1877), and Anne-Marie Colchen (1925). After him are Thomas Murner (1475), Guy Marchand (1937), Jérémy Mathieu (1983), Henri Jobier (1879), Maurice Scève (1501), and Pierre André de Suffren (1729).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Michel Onfray ranks 129. Before him are Jean Rostand (1894), Jacques Cujas (1522), Anselm of Laon (1050), Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe (1940), Rémi Brague (1947), and Jean François de Saint-Lambert (1716). After him are Samuel ibn Tibbon (1150), Clémence Royer (1830), Jean Cavaillès (1903), Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy (1618), Lucien Sève (1926), and Max Bense (1910).

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