PHILOSOPHER

Ogyū Sorai

1666 - 1728

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Ogyū Sorai (荻生 徂徠; Japanese pronunciation: [o.ɡʲɯː (|) soꜜ.ɾai, o.ŋʲɯː-], March 21, 1666 – February 28, 1728), pen name Butsusorai/Bussorai (物徂徠), was a Japanese historian, philologist, philosopher, and translator. He has been described as the most influential such scholar during the Edo period Japan. His primary area of study was in applying the teachings of Confucianism to government and social order. He responded to contemporary economic and political failings of the Tokugawa shogunate, as well as the culture of mercantilism and the dominance of old institutions that had become weak with extravagance. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ogyū Sorai is the 946th most popular philosopher (up from 1,006th in 2019), the 971st most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,021st in 2019) and the 9th most popular Japanese Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Ogyū Sorai ranks 946 out of 1,267. Before him are Apollodorus the Epicurean, Debendranath Tagore, Isidore of Alexandria, Theodor Gomperz, Camillo Berneri, and Élisabeth Badinter. After him are Ibrahim al-Nazzam, Lanza del Vasto, Leo Baeck, Sarada Devi, Dirck Coornhert, and Stanley Cavell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1666, Ogyū Sorai ranks 17. Before him are Antonio Maria Valsalva, Marie Thérèse de Bourbon, Mary Astell, Jean-Féry Rebel, Benedetto Luti, and Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha. After him are Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz, George Bähr, and Attilio Ariosti. Among people deceased in 1728, Ogyū Sorai ranks 16. Before him are Maria Aurora von Königsmarck, Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, William Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Fyodor Apraksin, Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp, and Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck. After him are Cotton Mather, Jacob Heinrich von Flemming, Davit Bek, and William Sherard.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ogyū Sorai ranks 971 out of 6,245. Before him are Yasutaka Tsutsui (1934), Takeshi Urata (1947), Giant Baba (1938), Genichi Taguchi (1924), Keiko Abe (1937), and Takashi Umezawa (1972). After him are Tsutomu Miyazaki (1962), Akashi Motojiro (1864), Harukichi Hyakutake (1888), Kanji Ishiwara (1889), Katsuko Saruhashi (1920), and Shunichiro Okano (1931).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Japan

Among philosophers born in Japan, Ogyū Sorai ranks 9. Before him are Hakuin Ekaku (1686), Daisaku Ikeda (1928), Kitaro Nishida (1870), Motoori Norinaga (1730), Hayashi Razan (1583), and Arai Hakuseki (1657).

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