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Pierre Charron

1541 - 1603

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Pierre Charron (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ ʃaʁɔ̃]; 1541 – 16 November 1603) was a French Catholic theologian and major contributor to the new thought of the 17th century. He is remembered for his controversial form of skepticism and his separation of ethics from religion as an independent philosophical discipline. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Charron is the 579th most popular philosopher (up from 641st in 2019), the 1,826th most popular biography from France (up from 2,014th in 2019) and the 75th most popular French Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Pierre Charron ranks 579 out of 1,267. Before him are Jean-Marie Guyau, Nicos Poulantzas, Étienne-Gabriel Morelly, María Zambrano, Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, and Alan Watts. After him are Zeno of Sidon, Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Usman dan Fodio, Georges Canguilhem, Al-Baydawi, and Gaetano Mosca.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1541, Pierre Charron ranks 4. Before him are El Greco, Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Ayşe Sultan. After him are Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I Saadi, John Leonardi, Johann Bauhin, Philip II, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels, Hypatius Pociej, and Jakub Wujek. Among people deceased in 1603, Pierre Charron ranks 12. Before him are Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress, Ahmad al-Mansur, Andrea Cesalpino, Maerten de Vos, Sharafkhan Bidlisi, and Şehzade Mahmud. After him are Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg, George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Irina Godunova, Ostilio Ricci, Gulbadan Begum, and Krzysztof "Piorun" Radziwiłł.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Charron ranks 1,826 out of 6,770. Before him are Marie Trintignant (1962), Éleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771), Philip I, Count of Savoy (1207), Pierre Auguste Cot (1837), Pierre Nora (1931), and Nicolas Anelka (1979). After him are Henri Pitot (1695), Adrienne Lecouvreur (1692), Remy de Gourmont (1858), Marisa Berenson (1947), Frédéric Cuvier (1773), and Eugène Carrière (1849).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Pierre Charron ranks 75. Before him are Victor Cousin (1792), Michel Serres (1930), Gersonides (1288), William of Champeaux (1070), Jean-Marie Guyau (1854), and Étienne-Gabriel Morelly (1717). After him are Georges Canguilhem (1904), Jean Hyppolite (1907), Jacques Ellul (1912), Henry Corbin (1903), Berengar of Tours (998), and Étienne Balibar (1942).

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