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Raymond Aron

1905 - 1983

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Raymond Claude Ferdinand Aron (; French: [ʁɛmɔ̃ aʁɔ̃]; 14 March 1905 – 17 October 1983) was a French philosopher, sociologist, political scientist, historian and journalist, one of France's most prominent thinkers of the 20th century. Aron is best known for his 1955 book The Opium of the Intellectuals, the title of which inverts Karl Marx's claim that religion was the opium of the people; he argues that Marxism was the opium of the intellectuals in post-war France. In the book, Aron chastised French intellectuals for what he described as their harsh criticism of capitalism and democracy and their simultaneous defense of the actions of the communist governments of the East. Critic Roger Kimball suggests that Opium is "a seminal book of the twentieth century". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Raymond Aron is the 270th most popular philosopher (down from 266th in 2019), the 725th most popular biography from France (down from 697th in 2019) and the 36th most popular French Philosopher.

Raymond Aron was a French philosopher, sociologist, and historian who is most famous for his contributions to the theory of totalitarianism.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Raymond Aron ranks 270 out of 1,267. Before him are François Fénelon, Johann Reuchlin, Pat Robertson, Vladimir Solovyov, Paramahansa Yogananda, and Sebastian Brant. After him are Ivan Illich, Jerome of Prague, Panaetius, Ibn al-Nafis, Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, and Aśvaghoṣa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Raymond Aron ranks 23. Before him are Emilio Segrè, Astrid of Sweden, Felix Bloch, Marcel Lefebvre, Vasily Grossman, and Arthur Koestler. After him are Ulf von Euler, Artem Mikoyan, Guillermo Stábile, Władysław Gomułka, Gerard Kuiper, and Gertrude Ederle. Among people deceased in 1983, Raymond Aron ranks 20. Before him are Tennessee Williams, Benigno Aquino Jr., David Niven, Arthur Koestler, Nikolai Podgorny, and Roy Sullivan. After him are Ulf von Euler, Meyer Lansky, Alfred Tarski, George Cukor, Haldan Keffer Hartline, and Anna Seghers.

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In France

Among people born in France, Raymond Aron ranks 725 out of 6,770. Before him are Eugène Edine Pottier (1816), Léonin (1135), Vincent Auriol (1884), Émile Picard (1856), Sebastian Brant (1458), and Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile (1162). After him are Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall (1284), René Coty (1882), Édouard Stephan (1837), Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741), Michèle Mercier (1939), and Jean-Baptiste Bessières (1768).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Raymond Aron ranks 36. Before him are Gaston Bachelard (1884), Gabriel Marcel (1889), Roger Garaudy (1913), Nicole Oresme (1323), François Fénelon (1651), and Sebastian Brant (1458). After him are Bruno Latour (1947), Jacques Maritain (1882), Guy Debord (1931), Roscellinus (1050), Georges Sorel (1847), and Henri Lefebvre (1901).

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