The Most Famous
PHILOSOPHERS from Cyprus
This page contains a list of the greatest Cypriot Philosophers. The pantheon dataset contains 1,267 Philosophers, 2 of which were born in Cyprus. This makes Cyprus the birth place of the 49th most number of Philosophers behind Pakistan, and Armenia.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Cypriot Philosophers of all time. This list of famous Cypriot Philosophers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Zeno of Citium (-334 - -263)
With an HPI of 76.30, Zeno of Citium is the most famous Cypriot Philosopher. His biography has been translated into 66 different languages on wikipedia.
Zeno of Citium (; Koinē Greek: Ζήνων ὁ Κιτιεύς, Zēnōn ho Kitieus; c. 334 – c. 262 BC) was a Hellenistic philosopher from Citium (Κίτιον, Kition), Cyprus. He was the founder of the Stoic school of philosophy, which he taught in Athens from about 300 BC. Based on the moral ideas of the Cynics, Stoicism laid great emphasis on goodness and peace of mind gained from living a life of virtue in accordance with nature. It proved very popular, and flourished as one of the major schools of philosophy from the Hellenistic period through to the Roman era, and enjoyed revivals in the Renaissance as Neostoicism and in the current era as Modern Stoicism.
2. Persaeus (-306 - -243)
With an HPI of 51.59, Persaeus is the 2nd most famous Cypriot Philosopher. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Persaeus (Greek: Περσαῖος; 307/6–243 BC) of Citium, son of Demetrius, was a Greek Stoic philosopher, and a friend and favourite student of Zeno of Citium.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Cypriot philosophers born between 334 BC and 306 BC. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Cypriot philosophers include Zeno of Citium, and Persaeus.
