PHILOSOPHER

Ammonius Hermiae

440 - 523

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Ammonius Hermiae (; Greek: Ἀμμώνιος ὁ Ἑρμείου, translit. Ammōnios ho Hermeiou, lit. "Ammonius, son of Hermias"; c. 440 – between 517 and 526) was a Greek philosopher from Alexandria in the eastern Roman empire during Late Antiquity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ammonius Hermiae has received more than 72,935 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Ammonius Hermiae is the 552nd most popular philosopher (up from 648th in 2019), the 253rd most popular biography from Egypt (up from 288th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Egyptian Philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

  • 73k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Ammonius Hermiae has had the most page views in the with 10,094 views, followed by German (2,821), and Spanish (1,876). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Pashto (624.27%), Latin (123.68%), and Icelandic (92.48%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Ammonius Hermiae ranks 552 out of 1,267. Before him are Myia, Roger Scruton, Jacques Ellul, Harriet Taylor Mill, Crates of Athens, and Narayana Guru. After him are Marcus Cornelius Fronto, Sergei Bulgakov, Al-Shahrastani, Eric Voegelin, Nicos Poulantzas, and Manuel Chrysoloras.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 440, Ammonius Hermiae ranks 5. Before him are Pope Felix III, Childeric I, Euric, and Vakhtang I of Iberia. After him are Emperor Wu of Southern Qi, Shushanik, and Philoxenus of Mabbug. Among people deceased in 523, Ammonius Hermiae ranks 3. Before him are Pope Hormisdas, and Thrasamund. After him are Muryeong of Baekje, Dhu Nuwas, Euphemia, and Philoxenus of Mabbug.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Ammonius Hermiae ranks 253 out of 642. Before him are Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888), Merytre-Hatshepsut (-1500), Youssef Chahine (1926), Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa (700), Nepherites II (-400), and Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy (1928). After him are Samir Amin (1931), Narriman Sadek (1933), Achilles Tatius (200), Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria (444), Ahmose (-1504), and Ahmed Shawqi (1868).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Egypt

Among philosophers born in Egypt, Ammonius Hermiae ranks 13. Before him are Ammonius Saccas (175), Saadia Gaon (882), John Philoponus (490), Olympiodorus the Younger (495), Dhul-Nun al-Misri (796), and Valentinus (100). After him are Julius Pollux (200), Isaac Israeli ben Solomon (832), Syrianus (400), Nasr Abu Zayd (1943), Ahmad al-Tayyeb (1946), and Hermias (401).

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