PHILOSOPHER

Anaximander

610 BC - 546 BC

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Anaximander ( an-AK-sih-MAN-dər; Ancient Greek: Ἀναξίμανδρος Anaximandros; c. 610 – c. 546 BC) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived in Miletus, a city of Ionia (in modern-day Turkey). He belonged to the Milesian school and learned the teachings of his master Thales. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anaximander has received more than 2,203,769 page views. His biography is available in 88 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 87 in 2019). Anaximander is the 34th most popular philosopher (down from 33rd in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Türkiye and the 4th most popular Turkish Philosopher.

Anaximander is most famous for being the first person to propose that the earth was round.

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  • 88

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  • 14.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Anaximander ranks 34 out of 1,267. Before him are Thomas Hobbes, Al-Ghazali, Erasmus, Diogenes, Parmenides, and Baruch Spinoza. After him are Al-Farabi, Martin Heidegger, Maria Montessori, Plutarch, Søren Kierkegaard, and David Hume.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 610 BC, Anaximander ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 546 BC, Anaximander ranks 2. Before him is Thales of Miletus. After him is Croesus.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Anaximander ranks 16 out of 1,347. Before him are Mehmed the Conqueror (1432), Ahmed I (1590), Galen (129), Selim I (1470), Diogenes (-404), and Murad III (1546). After him are Saint Barbara (300), Strabo (-64), Murad IV (1612), Mehmed III (1566), Murad I (1326), and Murad II (1404).

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    Mehmed the Conqueror

    POLITICIAN

    1432 - 1481

    HPI: 82.34

    Rank: 10

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    Ahmed I

    POLITICIAN

    1590 - 1617

    HPI: 82.31

    Rank: 11

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    Galen

    PHYSICIAN

    129 - 215

    HPI: 82.12

    Rank: 12

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    Selim I

    POLITICIAN

    1470 - 1520

    HPI: 82.12

    Rank: 13

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    Diogenes

    PHILOSOPHER

    404 BC - 322 BC

    HPI: 81.50

    Rank: 14

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    Murad III

    POLITICIAN

    1546 - 1595

    HPI: 81.46

    Rank: 15

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    Anaximander

    PHILOSOPHER

    610 BC - 546 BC

    HPI: 81.17

    Rank: 16

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    Saint Barbara

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    300 - 306

    HPI: 80.75

    Rank: 17

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    Strabo

    GEOGRAPHER

    64 BC - 23

    HPI: 80.58

    Rank: 18

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    Murad IV

    POLITICIAN

    1612 - 1640

    HPI: 80.51

    Rank: 19

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    Mehmed III

    POLITICIAN

    1566 - 1603

    HPI: 80.14

    Rank: 20

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    Murad I

    POLITICIAN

    1326 - 1389

    HPI: 79.87

    Rank: 21

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    Murad II

    POLITICIAN

    1404 - 1451

    HPI: 79.68

    Rank: 22

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Türkiye

Among philosophers born in Türkiye, Anaximander ranks 4. Before him are Heraclitus (-535), Thales of Miletus (-623), and Diogenes (-404). After him are Anaxagoras (-500), Epictetus (50), Xenophanes (-570), Gregory of Nazianzus (329), Ibn Taymiyyah (1263), Leucippus (-500), Anaximenes of Miletus (-585), and Chrysippus (-281).

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