PHILOSOPHER

Antiochus of Ascalon

130 BC - 68 BC

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Antiochus of Ascalon (; ‹See Tfd›Greek: Άντίοχος ὁ Ἀσκαλώνιος; c. 135/130 – c. 68 BC) was a 1st-century BC Platonist philosopher. He rejected skepticism, blended Stoic doctrines with Platonism, and was the first philosopher in the tradition of Middle Platonism. Antiochus moved to Athens early in his life and became a pupil of Philo of Larissa at the Platonic Academy, but he went on to reject the prevailing Academic skepticism of Philo and his predecessors. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antiochus of Ascalon has received more than 121,501 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Antiochus of Ascalon is the 496th most popular philosopher (down from 488th in 2019), the 135th most popular biography from Israel (down from 126th in 2019) and the most popular Israeli Philosopher.

Antiochus of Ascalon is most famous for his contributions to the field of mathematics. He is credited with being the first person to use the letter sigma to denote the sum of an infinite series.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Antiochus of Ascalon ranks 496 out of 1,267. Before him are Murray Bookchin, Sivananda Saraswati, Carl Stumpf, Karl-Otto Apel, Pierre Duhem, and Gorakhnath. After him are Hermann Lotze, Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Zengzi, Gaetano Mosca, Dicaearchus, and Yi I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 130 BC, Antiochus of Ascalon ranks 2. Before him is Cleopatra Selene of Syria. After him are Lucius Appuleius Saturninus, Meleager of Gadara, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius, Appius Claudius Pulcher, Lucius Caecilius Metellus, and Gnaeus Papirius Carbo. Among people deceased in 68 BC, Antiochus of Ascalon ranks 1. After him are Huo Guang, and Lucius Caecilius Metellus.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Antiochus of Ascalon ranks 135 out of 466. Before him are Ali Hassan Salameh (1940), Yigael Yadin (1917), Yuval Noah Harari (1976), Mariam Baouardy (1846), Yael Dayan (1939), and Saint Petronilla (50). After him are Arieh Warshel (1940), Simeon of Jerusalem (100), Wadie Haddad (1927), Assi Dayan (1945), Menahem Golan (1929), and Naji al-Ali (1937).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Israel

Among philosophers born in Israel, Antiochus of Ascalon ranks 1. After him are Azmi Bishara (1956), Joseph Raz (1939), and Yuval Steinitz (1958).

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