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Peter Sloterdijk

1947 - Today

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Peter Sloterdijk (; German: [ˈsloːtɐˌdaɪk]; born 26 June 1947) is a German philosopher and cultural theorist. He was a professor of philosophy and media theory at and Rector from 2001 to 2015 of the University of Art and Design Karlsruhe. He co-hosted the German television show Das Philosophische Quartett from 2002 until 2012. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Sloterdijk is the 437th most popular philosopher (down from 408th in 2019), the 1,119th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,010th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular German Philosopher.

Peter Sloterdijk is a German philosopher and sociologist who is most famous for his work on the philosophical implications of the Internet.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Peter Sloterdijk ranks 437 out of 1,267Before him are Daniel Dennett, John of Salisbury, Francisco Ferrer, Moses Hess, Thomas Cajetan, and Gautama Maharishi. After him are Eudemus of Rhodes, Shah Waliullah Dehlawi, Rodolphus Agricola, Chantal Mouffe, Gershom Scholem, and Christian Thomasius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Peter Sloterdijk ranks 87Before him are Robert Englund, Óscar Tabárez, Sergio Badilla Castillo, Bachir Gemayel, Zahi Hawass, and Mitt Romney. After him are Alain Aspect, Janet Mills, Martha Nussbaum, Dick Fosbury, Rodney Williams, and Gloria Gaynor.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Peter Sloterdijk ranks 1,119 out of 7,253Before him are Karl Mack von Leiberich (1752), Rodolphe Seeldrayers (1876), Georg Böhm (1661), Günther Rall (1918), Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (1939), and Fritz Haarmann (1879). After him are Ernst Schröder (1841), Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778), Michael Wolgemut (1434), Gustav Noske (1868), Heinrich Barth (1821), and John Polanyi (1929).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Peter Sloterdijk ranks 52Before him are Rudolf Otto (1869), Hermann Cohen (1842), Wilhelm Windelband (1848), Carl Gustav Hempel (1905), Karl Rahner (1904), and Moses Hess (1812). After him are Gershom Scholem (1897), Christian Thomasius (1655), Hans Reichenbach (1891), Henry Suso (1295), Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach (1775), and Franz Rosenzweig (1886).