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Paul Deussen

1845 - 1919

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Paul Jakob Deussen (German: [ˈpaʊl ˈjaːkɔp ˈdɔʏsn̩]; 7 January 1845 – 6 July 1919) was a German Indologist and professor of philosophy at University of Kiel. Strongly influenced by Arthur Schopenhauer, Deussen was a friend of Friedrich Nietzsche and Swami Vivekananda. In 1911, he founded the Schopenhauer Society (Schopenhauer-Gesellschaft). Professor Deussen was the first editor, in 1912, of the scholarly journal Schopenhauer Yearbook (Schopenhauer-Jahrbuch). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Deussen is the 984th most popular philosopher (up from 1,033rd in 2019), the 3,631st most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,938th in 2019) and the 123rd most popular German Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Paul Deussen ranks 984 out of 1,267. Before him are Sosipatra, Nikephoros Blemmydes, Theodoric of Freiberg, Olof Celsius, Huang Zongxi, and Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock. After him are Zeno of Tarsus, Androcles, Jean Rostand, Hegesias of Magnesia, Ibn Abi'l-Hadid, and Pedro da Fonseca.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, Paul Deussen ranks 67. Before him are Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg, Ivan Puluj, Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Gustaf Cederström, Wilhelm von Bode, and Ulisse Dini. After him are Quanah Parker, Nina Grieg, Pál Szinyei Merse, John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, Antonin Mercié, and Ulises Heureaux. Among people deceased in 1919, Paul Deussen ranks 100. Before him are Edward Poynter, Richard Bergh, Akashi Motojiro, Franz Nissl, Evgraf Fedorov, and Frederick DuCane Godman. After him are Maria Nikiforova, Woldemar Voigt, John Alcock, Victorino de la Plaza, Franz Steindachner, and Ernest von Koerber.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Paul Deussen ranks 3,633 out of 7,253. Before him are Kevin-Prince Boateng (1987), Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754), Franz Grashof (1826), Emil von Sauer (1862), Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten (1817), and Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen (1879). After him are Karl Binding (1841), Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg (1829), Julius Klengel (1859), Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1848), Princess Pilar of Bavaria (1891), and E. A. Dupont (1891).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Paul Deussen ranks 123. Before him are Heinrich Khunrath (1560), Erich Neumann (1905), Johannes Agricola (1494), Rüdiger Safranski (1945), Ernst von Glasersfeld (1917), and Theodoric of Freiberg (1250). After him are Karl Groos (1861), Hermann Usener (1834), Gabriel Biel (1418), Joachim Camerarius (1500), Friedrich Paulsen (1846), and Justus Möser (1720).

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