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Nikolai Berdyaev

1874 - 1948

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Nikolai Alexandrovich Berdyaev (; Russian: Никола́й Алекса́ндрович Бердя́ев; 18 March [O.S. 6 March] 1874 – 24 March 1948) was a Russian philosopher, theologian, and Christian existentialist who emphasized the existential spiritual significance of human freedom and the human person. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nikolai Berdyaev is the 236th most popular philosopher (down from 223rd in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 64th in 2019) and the most popular Ukrainian Philosopher.

Nikolai Berdyaev was a Russian philosopher and religious thinker. He is most famous for his book "The Meaning of the Creative Act" which discusses the importance of creativity in human life.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Nikolai Berdyaev ranks 236 out of 1,267. Before him are Al-Ash'ari, Iamblichus, Carneades, Marshall McLuhan, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, and Paul Feyerabend. After him are Giorgio Agamben, Michael Psellos, Prodicus, Franz Brentano, Al-Jahiz, and Gabriel Marcel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Nikolai Berdyaev ranks 23. Before him are Lou Henry Hoover, Lucy Maud Montgomery, António Egas Moniz, Gertrude Stein, Ernest Shackleton, and August Krogh. After him are Alexander Kolchak, Talaat Pasha, G. K. Chesterton, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, D. F. Malan, and Konstantin Päts. Among people deceased in 1948, Nikolai Berdyaev ranks 19. Before him are Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Antonin Artaud, Andrei Zhdanov, Hugo Boss, Witold Pilecki, and Tamam Shud case. After him are Karl Brandt, Theodor Morell, Folke Bernadotte, Arthur Liebehenschel, Maria Mandl, and Ruth Benedict.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Nikolai Berdyaev ranks 63 out of 1,365. Before him are Sviatoslav Richter (1915), Georges Charpak (1924), Levi Eshkol (1895), Selman Waksman (1888), David Oistrakh (1908), and Lesya Ukrainka (1871). After him are Isaac Babel (1894), Ivan Franko (1856), Lazar Kaganovich (1893), Ilya Ehrenburg (1891), Vasily Grossman (1905), and Vladimir Tatlin (1885).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Ukraine

Among philosophers born in Ukraine, Nikolai Berdyaev ranks 1. After him are Lev Shestov (1866), Anacharsis (-700), Bion of Borysthenes (-325), Theophan Prokopovich (1681), Zalmoxis (-713), Alexius Meinong (1853), Mykhailo Drahomanov (1841), Yuriy Drohobych (1450), Hugo Kołłątaj (1750), Georges Florovsky (1893), and Ber Borochov (1881).

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