PHILOSOPHER

Rudolph Goclenius

1547 - 1628

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Rudolph Goclenius the Elder (Latin: Rudolphus Goclenius; born Rudolf Gockel or Göckel; 1 March 1547 – 8 June 1628) was a German scholastic philosopher. He is sometimes credited with coining the term psychology in 1590, though the term had been used by Pier Nicola Castellani and Gerhard Synellius 65 years earlier. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolph Goclenius is the 698th most popular philosopher (down from 679th in 2019), the 2,195th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,032nd in 2019) and the 90th most popular German Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Rudolph Goclenius ranks 698 out of 1,267. Before him are Hakuin Ekaku, Hermann von Keyserling, Fulbert of Chartres, Vallabha, C. I. Lewis, and Diodorus Cronus. After him are Kuno Fischer, Gongsun Long, Karl Vogt, Mary Parker Follett, Charles Renouvier, and Franz Neumann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1547, Rudolph Goclenius ranks 12. Before him are Justus Lipsius, Oichi, Stanisław Żółkiewski, Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, and Mateo Alemán. After him are George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Sanada Masayuki, Maciej Stryjkowski, Krzysztof "Piorun" Radziwiłł, Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī, and Princess Sophia of Sweden. Among people deceased in 1628, Rudolph Goclenius ranks 6. Before him are George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, Cesare d'Este, Duke of Modena, François de Malherbe, Palma il Giovane, and John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg. After him are Magdalene of Bavaria, John Bull, Francesc Ribalta, Jens Munk, and Nicolas Trigault.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rudolph Goclenius ranks 2,196 out of 7,253. Before him are Albert Bierstadt (1830), Hermann Burmeister (1807), Hans Loritz (1895), Petra Kelly (1947), Conradin Kreutzer (1780), and Konrad von Feuchtwangen (1230). After him are Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken (1746), Artur Fischer (1919), Katia Mann (1883), Katarina Witt (1965), Hermann Scherchen (1891), and Karl Vogt (1817).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Rudolph Goclenius ranks 90. Before him are Andreas Karlstadt (1486), Eric Voegelin (1901), Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769), Johannes Sturm (1507), Ernst Nolte (1923), and Johann Bernhard Basedow (1723). After him are Karl Vogt (1817), Ludwig Klages (1872), F. C. S. Schiller (1864), Ferdinand Christian Baur (1792), Joseph Dietzgen (1828), and Arnold Ruge (1802).

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