PHILOSOPHER

Michel Serres

1930 - 2019

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Michel Serres (; French: [miʃɛl sɛʁ]; 1 September 1930 – 1 June 2019) was a French philosopher, theorist and writer. His works explore themes of science, time and death, and later incorporated prose. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michel Serres is the 516th most popular philosopher (down from 456th in 2019), the 1,577th most popular biography from France (down from 1,343rd in 2019) and the 70th most popular French Philosopher.

Michel Serres is most famous for his work in the fields of philosophy, literary theory, and science. His work has been translated into thirty languages and has been published in more than seventy countries.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Michel Serres ranks 516 out of 1,267. Before him are A. J. Ayer, Kenneth Waltz, Valentinus, Thomas Nagel, Johann Christoph Gottsched, and Sergei Bulgakov. After him are Gilbert Ryle, Vittorino da Feltre, Jean Améry, Karl Löwith, Huiyuan, and Giles of Rome.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Michel Serres ranks 108. Before him are Ben Gazzara, Robert Loggia, Richard Donner, Rod Taylor, William C. Campbell, and Tadao Kobayashi. After him are Sławomir Mrożek, Jānis Pujats, Toru Takemitsu, Friedrich Gulda, Jo Bonnier, and James Irwin. Among people deceased in 2019, Michel Serres ranks 83. Before him are Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, Nikolai Kardashev, Christopher C. Kraft Jr., Mirjana Marković, Moshe Arens, and Henri, Count of Paris. After him are Valery Bykovsky, André Previn, Matti Nykänen, Max Wright, Dragoslav Šekularac, and Valentina Cortese.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michel Serres ranks 1,577 out of 6,770. Before him are Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam (1464), Honoré d'Urfé (1567), Guy de Chauliac (1300), Lolo Ferrari (1963), Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville (1746), and Jean-François Le Sueur (1760). After him are Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers (1609), Georges Picquart (1854), Robert de Montesquiou (1855), Victorinus (300), Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711), and Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Michel Serres ranks 70. Before him are Ernest Gellner (1925), Pierre Duhem (1861), Petrus Ramus (1515), Emmanuel Mounier (1905), Jean-Luc Nancy (1940), and Victor Cousin (1792). After him are Gersonides (1288), William of Champeaux (1070), Jean-Marie Guyau (1854), Étienne-Gabriel Morelly (1717), Pierre Charron (1541), and Georges Canguilhem (1904).

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