PHILOSOPHER

Arethas of Caesarea

860 - 935

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Arethas of Caesarea (Greek: Ἀρέθας; c. 860 - c. 939) was Archbishop of Caesarea Mazaca in Cappadocia (modern Kayseri, Turkey) early in the 10th century, and is considered one of the most scholarly theologians of the Greek Orthodox Church. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arethas of Caesarea has received more than 61,784 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Arethas of Caesarea is the 858th most popular philosopher (up from 889th in 2019), the 502nd most popular biography from Greece (up from 537th in 2019) and the 57th most popular Greek Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Arethas of Caesarea ranks 858 out of 1,267. Before him are Maximus of Ephesus, Gaudapada, Michael Dummett, Jean Guitton, Józef Maria Bocheński, and Musaeus of Athens. After him are Perry Anderson, Domingo de Soto, Emer de Vattel, Pierre Daniel Huet, William Paley, and Tao Hongjing.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 860, Arethas of Caesarea ranks 8. Before him are Pope Sergius III, Robert I of France, Rudaki, Ludmila of Bohemia, Pope Benedict IV, and Theophylact I, Count of Tusculum. After him is Acfred, Duke of Aquitaine. Among people deceased in 935, Arethas of Caesarea ranks 4. Before him are Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Al-Tahawi, and Drahomíra. After him are Mardavij, and Trpimir II of Croatia.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Arethas of Caesarea ranks 502 out of 1,024. Before him are Aristarchus of Thessalonica (5), Douris (-600), Dinostratus (-390), Dimitrios Gounaris (1867), Philochorus (-340), and Musaeus of Athens (-500). After him are Archidamus I (-600), Isidore of Kiev (1385), Timotheus (-400), Kostas Karamanlis (1956), Glaucus of Corinth (null), and Oenopides (-490).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Arethas of Caesarea ranks 57. Before him are Glaucon (-445), Metrodorus of Chios (-500), Menedemus (-340), Hecataeus of Abdera (-400), George of Trebizond (1395), and Musaeus of Athens (-500). After him are Apollodorus the Epicurean (-150), Axiothea of Phlius (-400), Lastheneia of Mantinea (-350), Cineas (-400), Dimitri Kitsikis (1935), and Cercidas (-300).

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