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Robert Filmer

1588 - 1653

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Sir Robert Filmer (c. 1588 – 26 May 1653) was an English political theorist who defended the divine right of kings. His best known work, Patriarcha, published posthumously in 1680, was the target of numerous Whig attempts at rebuttal, including Algernon Sidney's Discourses Concerning Government, James Tyrrell's Patriarcha Non Monarcha and John Locke's Two Treatises of Government. Filmer also wrote critiques of Thomas Hobbes, John Milton, Hugo Grotius and Aristotle. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Filmer is the 754th most popular philosopher (down from 726th in 2019), the 1,936th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,588th in 2019) and the 51st most popular British Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Robert Filmer ranks 754 out of 1,267. Before him are Arnold Ruge, Anathon Aall, Jean Wahl, Glaucon, Amelius, and Mark Fisher. After him are Albinus, Asclepigenia, Theodor Lessing, Jean Vanier, Mortimer J. Adler, and Cerinthus.

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Among people born in 1588, Robert Filmer ranks 10. Before him are Hendrick ter Brugghen, Marina Mniszech, Henri, Prince of Condé, Isaac Beeckman, Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, and Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg. After him are Pierre Séguier, Jan Janssonius, Johann von Aldringen, Johann Heinrich Alsted, Margherita Aldobrandini, and Ole Worm. Among people deceased in 1653, Robert Filmer ranks 6. Before him are Artemisia Gentileschi, Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg, Maarten Tromp, Gabriel Naudé, and Luigi Rossi. After him are Simon de Vlieger, Jan Wildens, Adriaen van Utrecht, Lucrezia Marinella, Théophraste Renaudot, and Claudius Salmasius.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Filmer ranks 1,936 out of 8,785. Before him are Paul Rodgers (1949), Thor Vilhjálmsson (1925), Mark Fisher (1968), David Douglas (1799), Princess Mary of Great Britain (1723), and Thomas Wyatt (1503). After him are Samantha Fox (1966), Colin Wilson (1931), Edward L. G. Bowell (1943), Michael Scot (1175), Ine of Wessex (700), and Matthew Arnold (1822).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Robert Filmer ranks 51. Before him are Michael Dummett (1925), Richard of Saint Victor (1110), P. F. Strawson (1919), Henry More (1614), Stephen Toulmin (1922), and Mark Fisher (1968). After him are F. H. Bradley (1846), William Paley (1743), Anthony Collins (1676), Philippa Foot (1920), Bernard Williams (1929), and John Major (1467).

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