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Émile Boutroux

1845 - 1921

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Étienne Émile Marie Boutroux (; French: [butʁu]; 28 July 1845 – 22 November 1921) was a French philosopher of science and religion, and a historian of philosophy. He was a firm opponent of materialism in science. He was a spiritual philosopher who defended the idea that religion and science are compatible at a time when the power of science was rising inexorably. His work is overshadowed in the English-speaking world by that of the more celebrated Henri Bergson. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Émile Boutroux is the 723rd most popular philosopher, the 2,374th most popular biography from France (down from 2,342nd in 2019) and the 93rd most popular French Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Émile Boutroux ranks 723 out of 1,267. Before him are Gaius Marius Victorinus, Cheng Yi, Georges Politzer, Sarah Kofman, Arnold Geulincx, and Eduard Zeller. After him are Li Zhi, Alvin Plantinga, Kazimierz Łyszczyński, Al-Taftazani, Wang Fuzhi, and Julien Benda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, Émile Boutroux ranks 41. Before him are Tristan Corbière, Jacint Verdaguer, Félix Tisserand, Harriet Backer, Ödön Lechner, and Émile Baudot. After him are Eugène Grasset, Elihu Root, Tina Blau, Friedrich Martens, Francis Ysidro Edgeworth, and Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin. Among people deceased in 1921, Émile Boutroux ranks 50. Before him are Lady Randolph Churchill, Georg Ritter von Schönerer, Nikolay Gumilyov, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Juhani Aho, and Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. After him are Otto von Gierke, Joel Asaph Allen, Said Halim Pasha, Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, Max Dvořák, and Émile Combes.

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In France

Among people born in France, Émile Boutroux ranks 2,374 out of 6,770. Before him are François Laurent d'Arlandes (1742), Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine (1608), Victor de Broglie (1785), Robert Surcouf (1773), Petronilla of Aquitaine (1125), and François Habeneck (1781). After him are Francis I, Duke of Brittany (1414), Édouard Séguin (1812), Jean Behra (1921), Pierre Clémenti (1942), Charles Vanel (1892), and Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons (1635).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Émile Boutroux ranks 93. Before him are Paul Nizan (1905), Paul Virilio (1932), Fulbert of Chartres (960), Charles Renouvier (1815), André Glucksmann (1937), and Sarah Kofman (1934). After him are Julien Benda (1867), Jean Wahl (1888), Gilbert Simondon (1924), Jean-Luc Marion (1946), Vladimir Jankélévitch (1903), and Gilbert de la Porrée (1070).

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