PHILOSOPHER

Arete of Cyrene

400 BC - 340 BC

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Arete of Cyrene (; Greek: Ἀρήτη; fl. 4th century BC) was a Cyrenaic philosopher who lived in Cyrene, Libya. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arete of Cyrene has received more than 92,917 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Arete of Cyrene is the 480th most popular philosopher (up from 578th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Libya (up from 20th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Libyan Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Arete of Cyrene ranks 480 out of 1,267. Before her are Ernst Troeltsch, Valentinus, Aristo of Chios, Jyotirao Phule, Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, and Willard Van Orman Quine. After her are Yan Hui, Madhvacharya, Agrippa the Skeptic, Yi Hwang, Norberto Bobbio, and Hegesias of Cyrene.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 400 BC, Arete of Cyrene ranks 21. Before her are Ephorus, Mithridates I of Pontus, Stateira I, Agnodice, Harpalus, and Lais of Corinth. After her are Chares of Lindos, Hegesias of Cyrene, Dinocrates, Attalus, Titus Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus, and Polemon. Among people deceased in 340 BC, Arete of Cyrene ranks 1. After her are Isaeus, Publius Decius Mus, and Mentor of Rhodes.

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In Libya

Among people born in Libya, Arete of Cyrene ranks 19 out of 76. Before her are Carneades (-214), Synesius (370), Berenice II of Egypt (-267), Theodorus the Atheist (-340), Lorenzo Bandini (1935), and Theodorus of Cyrene (-465). After her are Hegesias of Cyrene (-400), Claudio Gentile (1953), Rossana Podestà (1934), Abdul Ati al-Obeidi (1939), Fayez al-Sarraj (1960), and Pedubast I (-900).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Libya

Among philosophers born in Libya, Arete of Cyrene ranks 5. Before her are Aristippus (-434), Carneades (-214), Synesius (370), and Theodorus the Atheist (-340). After her are Hegesias of Cyrene (-400), Lucius Annaeus Cornutus (10), Anniceris (-400), and Lacydes of Cyrene (-300).

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