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PHILOSOPHER

Anacharsis

700 BC - 600 BC

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Anacharsis (; Ancient Greek: Ἀνάχαρσις, romanized: Anakharsis) was a Scythian prince and philosopher of uncertain historicity who lived in the 6th century BC. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anacharsis has received more than 185,285 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Anacharsis is the 282nd most popular philosopher (up from 337th in 2019), the 80th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 93rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Ukrainian Philosopher.

Anacharsis was a Scythian philosopher who traveled to Greece and introduced many Greek customs and ideas to the Scythians.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Anacharsis ranks 282 out of 1,081Before him are Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Priscus, Bruno Bauer, Panaetius, Rudolf Bultmann, and Arnaldus de Villa Nova. After him are A. S. Neill, Nicolai Hartmann, Félix Guattari, Roscellinus, Ramana Maharshi, and Synesius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 700 BC, Anacharsis ranks 9Before him are Cyaxares, Arion, Psamtik I, Jeconiah, Tyrtaeus, and Amasis II. After him are Phalaris, Periander, Psamtik II, Necho I, Cylon of Athens, and Perdiccas I of Macedon. Among people deceased in 600 BC, Anacharsis ranks 11Before him are Belshazzar, Habakkuk, Astyages, Maya, Epimenides, and Theano. After him are Phalaris, Ibycus, Cleisthenes of Sicyon, Sushruta, Mimnermus, and Harpagus.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Anacharsis ranks 80 out of 1,083Before him are Volodymyr Zelensky (1978), Ivan Franko (1856), Georges Charpak (1924), Yaropolk I of Kiev (955), Karl Radek (1885), and Vladimir Ivashko (1932). After him are Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (1884), Sergey Bubka (1963), Edward Rydz-Śmigły (1886), Ze'ev Jabotinsky (1880), Clarice Lispector (1920), and Nachman of Breslov (1772).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Ukraine

Among philosophers born in Ukraine, Anacharsis ranks 2Before him are Nikolai Berdyaev (1874). After him are Lev Shestov (1866), P. D. Ouspensky (1878), Bion of Borysthenes (-325), Zalmoxis (-713), Alexius Meinong (1853), Theophan Prokopovich (1681), Mykhailo Drahomanov (1841), Yuriy Drohobych (1450), Hugo Kołłątaj (1750), and Georges Florovsky (1893).