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Robert Spaemann

1927 - 2018

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Robert Spaemann (5 May 1927 – 10 December 2018) was a German Catholic philosopher. He is considered a member of the Ritter School. Spaemann's focus was on Christian ethics. He was known for his work in bioethics, ecology and human rights. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Spaemann is the 1,068th most popular philosopher (down from 1,026th in 2019), the 4,220th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,887th in 2019) and the 134th most popular German Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Robert Spaemann ranks 1,068 out of 1,267. Before him are Friedrich Eduard Beneke, Amina Wadud, István Mészáros, Edmund Gettier, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and Fazlur Rahman Malik. After him are Jacob Taubes, William Thompson, Ioane Petritsi, Mary Daly, Damaris Cudworth Masham, and Anandavardhana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Robert Spaemann ranks 276. Before him are L. K. Advani, William Daniels, Edmund Gettier, Aušra Augustinavičiūtė, Martin Špegelj, and B. V. Doshi. After him are Robert Mills, Tihomir Ognjanov, Thorkild Hansen, Charles Pasqua, Qurratulain Hyder, and Herbert W. Franke. Among people deceased in 2018, Robert Spaemann ranks 274. Before him are Sabahudin Kurt, Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Jean Porter, Sergio Gonella, Jerry Van Dyke, and Shinobu Hashimoto. After him are Barkat Gourad Hamadou, Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Levko Lukianenko, Tomasz Stańko, Mario Perniola, and Marijan Beneš.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Robert Spaemann ranks 4,222 out of 7,253. Before him are Paul Pietsch (1911), Hans Leonhard Schäufelein (1480), Hermann, Prince of Wied (1814), Princess Frederica of Hanover (1848), Helmut Wick (1915), and Ruth Westheimer (1928). After him are Mathieu Carrière (1950), Paul Schmidt (1899), Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler (1811), Henriette Herz (1764), Karl-Heinz Körbel (1954), and Max Lange (1832).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Robert Spaemann ranks 134. Before him are Friedrich Paulsen (1846), Justus Möser (1720), Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster (1869), Carl Dahlhaus (1928), Heymann Steinthal (1823), and Friedrich Eduard Beneke (1798). After him are Martin Chemnitz (1522), Immanuel Hermann Fichte (1796), Max Dessoir (1867), Georg Anton Friedrich Ast (1778), Theodor Benfey (1809), and Hermann Gunkel (1862).

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