PHILOSOPHER

Arcesilaus

315 BC - 240 BC

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Arcesilaus (; Ancient Greek: Ἀρκεσίλαος; 316/5–241/0 BC) was a Greek Hellenistic philosopher. He was the founder of Academic Skepticism and what is variously called the Second or Middle or New Academy – the phase of the Platonic Academy in which it embraced philosophical skepticism. Arcesilaus succeeded Crates of Athens as the sixth scholarch of the academy around 264 BC. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arcesilaus has received more than 128,237 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Arcesilaus is the 229th most popular philosopher (up from 261st in 2019), the 198th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 247th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Turkish Philosopher.

Arcesilaus was a philosopher of the Skeptic school and is most famous for his argument that nothing can be known for certain.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Arcesilaus ranks 229 out of 1,267. Before him are Nikolai Berdyaev, Marsilius of Padua, Paul Feyerabend, Vyasa, Benjamin Constant, and Al-Jahiz. After him are Carneades, Roger Garaudy, Prodicus, Xenocrates, Judah Loew ben Bezalel, and Cleanthes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 315 BC, Arcesilaus ranks 2. Before him is Theocritus. After him are Aratus, and Leonidas II. Among people deceased in 240 BC, Arcesilaus ranks 3. Before him are Euclid, and Callimachus. After him are Aratus, Zou Yan, and Posidippus.

Others Born in 315 BC

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  • Photo of Theocritus

    Theocritus

    WRITER

    315 BC - 260 BC

    HPI: 73.28

    Rank: 1

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    Arcesilaus

    PHILOSOPHER

    315 BC - 240 BC

    HPI: 71.65

    Rank: 2

  • Photo of Aratus

    Aratus

    WRITER

    315 BC - 240 BC

    HPI: 69.78

    Rank: 3

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    Leonidas II

    POLITICIAN

    315 BC - 235 BC

    HPI: 68.45

    Rank: 4

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Others Deceased in 240 BC

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    Euclid

    MATHEMATICIAN

    350 BC - 240 BC

    HPI: 88.24

    Rank: 1

  • Photo of Callimachus

    Callimachus

    WRITER

    310 BC - 240 BC

    HPI: 73.90

    Rank: 2

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    Arcesilaus

    PHILOSOPHER

    315 BC - 240 BC

    HPI: 71.65

    Rank: 3

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    Aratus

    WRITER

    315 BC - 240 BC

    HPI: 69.78

    Rank: 4

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    Zou Yan

    PHILOSOPHER

    305 BC - 240 BC

    HPI: 64.15

    Rank: 5

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    Posidippus

    WRITER

    310 BC - 240 BC

    HPI: 63.65

    Rank: 6

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Arcesilaus ranks 198 out of 1,347. Before him are Fatma Sultan (1500), Gregory Palamas (1296), Zoë Porphyrogenita (978), Giorgos Seferis (1900), Cemal Gürsel (1895), and Ahmet Necdet Sezer (1941). After him are Romanos II (938), Xenocrates (-396), Cleanthes (-330), Ali ibn al-Athir (1160), Saint Timothy (17), and Nikephoros III Botaneiates (1002).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Türkiye

Among philosophers born in Türkiye, Arcesilaus ranks 16. Before him are Leucippus (-500), Anaximenes of Miletus (-585), Chrysippus (-281), Proclus (412), Apollonius of Tyana (15), and Bias of Priene (-600). After him are Xenocrates (-396), Cleanthes (-330), Michael Psellos (1018), Heraclides Ponticus (-385), Priscus (410), and Alexander of Aphrodisias (200).

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