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Theodor Lessing

1872 - 1933

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Karl Theodor Richard Lessing (8 February 1872 – 31 August 1933) was a German philosopher. He is known for opposing the rise of Hindenburg as president of the Weimar Republic and for his classic on Jewish self-hatred (Der jüdische Selbsthaß), a book which he published in 1930, three years before Adolf Hitler came to power, in which he tried to explain the phenomenon of Jewish intellectuals who incited antisemitism against the Jewish people and who regarded Judaism as the source of evil in the world. Lessing's political ideals, as well as his Zionism made him a very controversial person during the rise of Nazi Germany. He fled to Czechoslovakia where he lived in Marienbad in the villa of a local social democratic politician. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theodor Lessing is the 757th most popular philosopher (down from 741st in 2019), the 2,456th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,305th in 2019) and the 97th most popular German Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Theodor Lessing ranks 757 out of 1,267. Before him are Glaucon, Amelius, Mark Fisher, Robert Filmer, Albinus, and Asclepigenia. After him are Jean Vanier, Mortimer J. Adler, Cerinthus, Daisaku Ikeda, Thiruvalluvar, and Luigi Guido Grandi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Theodor Lessing ranks 74. Before him are Carlo Sforza, Momčilo Tapavica, Bak Jungyang, Edward Gordon Craig, Georgios Tsitas, and Ludwig Klages. After him are Prince Emmanuel, Duke of Vendôme, Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria, Morris Travers, Reginald Doherty, George S. Robertson, and Henri Masson. Among people deceased in 1933, Theodor Lessing ranks 54. Before him are Mary Ann Bevan, Nitobe Inazō, Haim Arlosoroff, Hermann von François, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, and Hasan Prishtina. After him are Robert T. A. Innes, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, Yamamoto Gonnohyōe, Giovanni Giacometti, Henry van Dyke Jr., and Alexander von Krobatin.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Theodor Lessing ranks 2,457 out of 7,253. Before him are Fastrada (765), Princess Alexandrine of Baden (1820), Agnes of Hesse (1527), Dietrich Kraiss (1889), Wilhelm Marschall (1886), and Wilhelm Filchner (1877). After him are Ferdinand von Bredow (1884), Alfred Hettner (1859), Johannes Fabricius (1587), Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern (1868), Christiane Vulpius (1765), and Wilhelm, Duke of Urach (1810).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Theodor Lessing ranks 97. Before him are Karl Vogt (1817), Ludwig Klages (1872), F. C. S. Schiller (1864), Ferdinand Christian Baur (1792), Joseph Dietzgen (1828), and Arnold Ruge (1802). After him are Helmuth Plessner (1892), Johannes Nikolaus Tetens (1736), Theodor Lipps (1851), Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg (1802), Friedrich Pollock (1894), and Paul de Lagarde (1827).

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