PHILOSOPHER

Victor Cousin

1792 - 1867

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Victor Cousin (; French: [kuzɛ̃]; 28 November 1792 – 14 January 1867) was a French philosopher. He was the founder of "eclecticism", a briefly influential school of French philosophy that combined elements of German idealism and Scottish Common Sense Realism. As the administrator of public instruction for over a decade, Cousin also had an important influence on French educational policy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Victor Cousin is the 504th most popular philosopher (down from 460th in 2019), the 1,494th most popular biography from France (down from 1,370th in 2019) and the 69th most popular French Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Victor Cousin ranks 504 out of 1,267. Before him are Norberto Bobbio, Hermann Lotze, Johannes Althusius, Jean-Luc Nancy, George Pachymeres, and Homi K. Bhabha. After him are Adam Ferguson, Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, Anania Shirakatsi, Nelson Goodman, Axel Honneth, and A. J. Ayer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1792, Victor Cousin ranks 18. Before him are Johann Peter Eckermann, Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Gulab Singh, Johan August Arfwedson, William, Duke of Nassau, and John Russell, 1st Earl Russell. After him are Joseph Mohr, Lady Byron, Carlos Antonio López, James Mayer de Rothschild, Matteo Carcassi, and David Sassoon. Among people deceased in 1867, Victor Cousin ranks 14. Before him are Théodore Rousseau, Franz Bopp, Jean-Victor Poncelet, Maria Theresa of Austria, Prince William of Hesse-Kassel, and Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis. After him are Princess Sophie of Saxony, William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, James Ferguson, Elias Howe, Peter von Cornelius, and Giovanni Pacini.

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In France

Among people born in France, Victor Cousin ranks 1,494 out of 6,770. Before him are Michel Richard Delalande (1657), Austen Henry Layard (1817), John V, Duke of Brittany (1389), Henry I, Count of Champagne (1127), Duchenne de Boulogne (1806), and Jacqueline Boyer (1941). After him are Theobald V, Count of Blois (1130), Marie-Louise O'Murphy (1737), Patrick Dewaere (1947), Chilperic of Aquitaine (600), Georges Bidault (1899), and Édith Cresson (1934).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Victor Cousin ranks 69. Before him are Michel de Certeau (1925), Ernest Gellner (1925), Pierre Duhem (1861), Petrus Ramus (1515), Emmanuel Mounier (1905), and Jean-Luc Nancy (1940). After him are Michel Serres (1930), Gersonides (1288), William of Champeaux (1070), Jean-Marie Guyau (1854), Étienne-Gabriel Morelly (1717), and Pierre Charron (1541).

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