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Apollonius of Tyana

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Apollonius of Tyana (Ancient Greek: Ἀπολλώνιος; Arabic: بلينس; Sanskrit: अपालुन्यः c. AD 15 – c. 100) was a first-century Greek philosopher and religious leader from the town of Tyana, Cappadocia in Roman Anatolia, who spent his life travelling and teaching in the Middle East, North Africa and India. He is a central figure in Neopythagoreanism and was one of the most famous "miracle workers" of his day. His exceptional personality and his mystical way of life, which was regarded as exemplary, impressed his contemporaries and had a lasting cultural influence. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Apollonius of Tyana has received more than 1,139,982 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Apollonius of Tyana is the 184th most popular philosopher (up from 200th in 2019), the 145th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 180th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Turkish Philosopher.

Apollonius of Tyana is most famous for being a philosopher and miracle worker.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Apollonius of Tyana ranks 184 out of 1,267. Before him are Posidonius, Pierre Bayle, Paul Ricœur, José Ortega y Gasset, Julien Offray de La Mettrie, and Marquis de Condorcet. After him are Moses Mendelssohn, Bernard Bolzano, Ibn Tufail, Nicolas Malebranche, Jakob Böhme, and Emmanuel Levinas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 15, Apollonius of Tyana ranks 4. Before him are Jude the Apostle, Vitellius, and Agrippina the Younger. After him are Pomponius Mela, Lollia Paulina, Caratacus, and Publius Ostorius Scapula. Among people deceased in 100, Apollonius of Tyana ranks 18. Before him are Caiaphas, Herodias, Simon of Cyrene, Zacchaeus, Dionysius the Areopagite, and Thecla. After him are Barabbas, Salome, Longinus, Saint Sarah, Anna the Prophetess, and Nicodemus.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Apollonius of Tyana ranks 145 out of 1,347. Before him are Alaeddin Pasha (1250), Saint Nino (296), Al-Battani (858), Thecla (100), Nikephoros II Phokas (912), and Yunus Emre (1240). After him are Nabonidus (-555), John II Komnenos (1087), Constantine IX Monomachos (1000), Marcion of Sinope (85), Michael VII Doukas (1050), and Basil I (811).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Türkiye

Among philosophers born in Türkiye, Apollonius of Tyana ranks 14. Before him are Gregory of Nazianzus (329), Ibn Taymiyyah (1263), Leucippus (-500), Anaximenes of Miletus (-585), Chrysippus (-281), and Proclus (412). After him are Bias of Priene (-600), Arcesilaus (-315), Xenocrates (-396), Cleanthes (-330), Michael Psellos (1018), and Heraclides Ponticus (-385).

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