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PHILOSOPHER

Arcesilaus

315 BC - 240 BC

Arcesilaus

Arcesilaus (; 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 117,266 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Arcesilaus is the 261st most popular philosopher (down from 253rd in 2019), the 247th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 241st in 2019) and the 17th 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 261 out of 1,081. Before him are Ram Mohan Roy, Hugh of Saint Victor, Ernst Bloch, Carneades, Nicole Oresme, and Alcmaeon of Croton. After him are Otto Weininger, Roger Garaudy, Hans Jonas, Xenocrates, Andronicus of Rhodes, and Julius Evola.

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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.