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Alexander of Aphrodisias

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Alexander of Aphrodisias (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Ἀφροδισιεύς, romanized: Alexandros ho Aphrodisieus; fl. 200 AD) was a Peripatetic philosopher and the most celebrated of the Ancient Greek commentators on the writings of Aristotle. He was a native of Aphrodisias in Caria and lived and taught in Athens at the beginning of the 3rd century, where he held a position as head of the Peripatetic school. He wrote many commentaries on the works of Aristotle, extant are those on the Prior Analytics, Topics, Meteorology, Sense and Sensibilia, and Metaphysics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander of Aphrodisias has received more than 194,469 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander of Aphrodisias is the 296th most popular philosopher (down from 274th in 2019), the 238th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 255th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Turkish Philosopher.

Alexander of Aphrodisias is most famous for his commentary on Aristotle's "On the Heavens."

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Alexander of Aphrodisias ranks 296 out of 1,267. Before him are Johann Reuchlin, Crates of Thebes, Roscellinus, Alain Badiou, Thomas Carlyle, and Arnaldus de Villa Nova. After him are James Ussher, Otto Weininger, Franz Brentano, Fukuzawa Yukichi, Ramana Maharshi, and Sebastian Brant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 200, Alexander of Aphrodisias ranks 12. Before him are Pope Dionysius, Pope Stephen I, Pope Fabian, Hua Tuo, Athenaeus, and Celsus. After him are Marcus Claudius Tacitus, Zhang Jue, Wei Yan, Sasan, Paul of Samosata, and Tatiana of Rome. Among people deceased in 215, Alexander of Aphrodisias ranks 3. Before him are Galen, and Clement of Alexandria.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Alexander of Aphrodisias ranks 238 out of 1,347. Before him are Julius Martov (1873), Komitas (1869), Calouste Gulbenkian (1869), Basilios Bessarion (1403), Ismihan Sultan (1544), and Evagrius Ponticus (345). After him are Socrates of Constantinople (380), Şehzade Abdullah (1776), Aratus (-315), Fatma Sultan (1605), Vitiges (475), and Theodore the Studite (759).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Türkiye

Among philosophers born in Türkiye, Alexander of Aphrodisias ranks 22. Before him are Arcesilaus (-315), Xenocrates (-396), Cleanthes (-330), Michael Psellos (1018), Heraclides Ponticus (-385), and Priscus (410). After him are Gemistus Pletho (1355), Thrasymachus (-459), Strato of Lampsacus (-335), Nicephorus Gregoras (1295), Gennadius Scholarius (1400), and Eubulides (-500).

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