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Yeshayahu Leibowitz

1903 - 1994

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Yeshayahu Leibowitz (Hebrew: ישעיהו ליבוביץ‎; 29 January 1903 – 18 August 1994) was an Israeli Orthodox Jewish public intellectual and polymath. He was a professor of biochemistry, organic chemistry, and neurophysiology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and an editor of Encyclopaedia Hebraica, comprehensive encyclopedia in the Hebrew language. he was known for his outspoken views on politics, religion and Jewish philosophy. Leibowitz said that the State of Israel and Zionism had become more sacred than Jewish humanist values and described Israeli conduct in the occupied Palestinian territories as "Judeo-Nazi" in nature while warning of the dehumanizing effect of the occupation on the victims and the oppressors. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yeshayahu Leibowitz is the 780th most popular philosopher (down from 759th in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 51st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Latvian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Yeshayahu Leibowitz ranks 780 out of 1,267. Before him are Johannes Nikolaus Tetens, Kazimierz Twardowski, Hui Shi, Michel Henry, William Heard Kilpatrick, and Athenodorus Cananites. After him are Lucius Annaeus Cornutus, Nasr Abu Zayd, Anthony Collins, Symon Budny, Lubna of Córdoba, and Abhinavagupta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Yeshayahu Leibowitz ranks 124. Before him are Nikolai Voznesensky, Jan de Klerk, Maud Lewis, Cornell Woolrich, Richard Thomalla, and Howard P. Robertson. After him are W. Ross Ashby, Barbara Hepworth, Walker Evans, Joan Robinson, Dolores Costello, and Flaminio Bertoni. Among people deceased in 1994, Yeshayahu Leibowitz ranks 126. Before him are Donald Judd, Baruch Goldstein, Juan Alonso, Stanisław Maczek, Haim Bar-Lev, and Vitas Gerulaitis. After him are Branko Mikulić, Jiří Sobotka, Barry Sullivan, Lindsay Anderson, Zein Al-Sharaf Talal, and Enrique Líster.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Yeshayahu Leibowitz ranks 60 out of 323. Before him are Friedrich Kettler (1569), Max Weinreich (1894), Gustavs Zemgals (1871), Philippe Halsman (1906), Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1804), and Alberts Kviesis (1881). After him are Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski (1876), Maria Skobtsova (1891), Paulinho (null), Alfred Neuland (1895), Ferdinand Kettler (1655), and Anatole Abragam (1914).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Latvia

Among philosophers born in Latvia, Yeshayahu Leibowitz ranks 4. Before him are Isaiah Berlin (1909), Nicolai Hartmann (1882), and Abraham Isaac Kook (1865). After him are Nikolay Lossky (1870).

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