The Most Famous

Philosophers from Tunisia

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This page contains a list of the greatest Tunisians Philosophers. The pantheon dataset contains 1,267 Philosophers, 5 of which were born in Tunisia. This makes Tunisia the birth place of the 33rd most number of Philosophers behind Australia and Brazil.

Top 5 Philosophers

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Tunisians Philosophers of all time. This list of famous Tunisians Philosophers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

  1. #1
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    Tertullian

    155 - 220

    HPI 78.0469 langs

    Tertullian is most famous for his work "Apology" in which he argues that Christians are not disloyal to the Roman Empire.

  2. #2
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    Macrobius

    370 - 430

    HPI 68.8135 langs

    Macrobius is most famous for his commentary on Cicero's Dream of Scipio.

  3. #3
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    Arnobius

    255 - 327

    HPI 67.1132 langs

    Arnobius is most famous for his "Against the Pagans" which is a polemical work that defends Christianity and attacks paganism.

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