Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn

Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn

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🇦🇹Austria
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Erik Maria Ritter von Kuehnelt-Leddihn was an Austrian-American nobleman and polymath, whose areas of interest included philosophy, history, political science, economics, linguistics, art and theology. He opposed the ideas of the French Revolution, as well as those of communism and Nazism. Describing himself as a "conservative arch-liberal" or "extreme liberal", Kuehnelt-Leddihn often argued that majority rule in democracies is a threat to individual liberties.

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Lifespan
1909 – 1999
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20
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Born in
Haselsdorf-Tobelbad
Educated at
University of ViennaEötvös Loránd University

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  • 1909

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  • 1999

    Died

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