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Ralph Barton Perry

1876 - 1957

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Ralph Barton Perry (July 3, 1876 – January 22, 1957) was an American philosopher. He was a strident moral idealist who stated in 1909 that, to him, idealism meant "to interpret life consistently with ethical, scientific, and metaphysical truth." Perry's viewpoints on religion stressed the notion that religious thinking possessed legitimacy should it exist within a framework accepting of human reason and social progress. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ralph Barton Perry is the 1,227th most popular philosopher (down from 1,218th in 2019), the 10,388th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,564th in 2019) and the 79th most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Ralph Barton Perry ranks 1,227 out of 1,267. Before him are Catherine Malabou, Vicente Ferreira da Silva, C. H. Dodd, Paul Churchland, William Ames, and Cornel West. After him are Eric A. Havelock, Stanley Jaki, Julia Annas, Susan Haack, J. J. C. Smart, and Ned Block.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Ralph Barton Perry ranks 195. Before him are Edith Abbott, Zitkala-Sa, Gregory Mathews, Susan Glaspell, Edgar Evans, and Lionel Tertis. After him are William Carr, John August Anderson, John Garstang, George Cloutier, James Larkin, and Jānis Akuraters. Among people deceased in 1957, Ralph Barton Perry ranks 212. Before him are Roger Vercel, Edith Abbott, Bernard Knubel, Jorge Sarmiento, Leopold Löwenheim, and Helene Costello. After him are Clarence Walker, Judy Tyler, Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans, Bedřich Šupčík, Joyce Cary, and Keith Andrews.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ralph Barton Perry ranks 10,390 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Lighthizer (1947), Darren McGavin (1922), Len Wiseman (1973), Tim Kaine (1958), Anita Louise (1915), and Shari Arison (1957). After him are Rachel Nichols (1980), Rosa Smith Eigenmann (1858), Ashley Benson (1989), Fred Armisen (1966), Rian Johnson (1973), and Annie Montague Alexander (1867).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Ralph Barton Perry ranks 79. Before him are R. C. Sproul (1939), Paul Kurtz (1925), David Ray Griffin (1939), Charles Hartshorne (1897), Gary L. Francione (1954), and Cornel West (1953). After him are Ned Block (1942), Stephen Walt (1955), Roderick Chisholm (1916), Peter Kreeft (1937), Christine Korsgaard (1952), and Ruth Barcan Marcus (1921).

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