384 BC - 321 BC
Aristotle (; Greek: Ἀριστοτέλης Aristotélēs, pronounced [aristotélɛːs]; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings cover a broad range of subjects spanning the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology and the arts. As the founder of the Peripatetic school of philosophy in the Lyceum in Athens, he began the wider Aristotelian tradition that followed, which set the groundwork for the development of modern science. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aristotle has received more than 18,238,880 page views. His biography is available in 203 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 195 in 2019). Aristotle is the most popular philosopher, the most popular biography from Greece (up from 2nd in 2019) and the most popular Greek Philosopher.
Aristotle is most famous for his philosophy on the four causes. He believed that there were four causes for everything, and that they were material, formal, efficient, and final.
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Among philosophers, Aristotle ranks 1 out of 1,081. After him are Plato, Socrates, Confucius, Pythagoras, René Descartes, Gautama Buddha, Immanuel Kant, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Avicenna, John Locke, and Niccolò Machiavelli.
384 BC - 321 BC
HPI: 96.24
Rank: 1
427 BC - 347 BC
HPI: 95.54
Rank: 2
470 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 94.34
Rank: 3
551 BC - 479 BC
HPI: 91.76
Rank: 4
570 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 91.39
Rank: 5
1596 - 1650
HPI: 90.95
Rank: 6
566 BC - 452 BC
HPI: 90.82
Rank: 7
1724 - 1804
HPI: 90.76
Rank: 8
1712 - 1778
HPI: 89.83
Rank: 9
980 - 1037
HPI: 89.56
Rank: 10
1632 - 1704
HPI: 88.31
Rank: 11
1469 - 1527
HPI: 88.12
Rank: 12
Among people born in 384 BC, Aristotle ranks 1. After him is Demosthenes. Among people deceased in 321 BC, Aristotle ranks 1. After him are Perdiccas, Craterus, King Xian of Zhou, Neoptolemus, and Archon of Pella.
384 BC - 321 BC
HPI: 96.24
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355 BC - 321 BC
HPI: 68.76
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370 BC - 321 BC
HPI: 65.62
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400 BC - 321 BC
HPI: 55.14
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400 BC - 321 BC
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 5
400 BC - 321 BC
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 6
Among people born in Greece, Aristotle ranks 1 out of 936. After him are Plato (-427), Alexander the Great (-356), Socrates (-470), Homer (-800), Pythagoras (-570), Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881), Hippocrates (-460), Sophocles (-497), Democritus (-460), Epicurus (-341), and Pericles (-494).
384 BC - 321 BC
HPI: 96.24
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427 BC - 347 BC
HPI: 95.54
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356 BC - 323 BC
HPI: 94.56
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470 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 94.34
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800 BC - 750 BC
HPI: 91.42
Rank: 5
570 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 91.39
Rank: 6
1881 - 1938
HPI: 88.95
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460 BC - 370 BC
HPI: 88.05
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497 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 86.65
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460 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 84.79
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341 BC - 269 BC
HPI: 84.58
Rank: 11
494 BC - 429 BC
HPI: 84.49
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Among philosophers born in Greece, Aristotle ranks 1. After him are Plato (-427), Socrates (-470), Pythagoras (-570), Democritus (-460), Epicurus (-341), Protagoras (-486), Plutarch (46), Gorgias (-483), Leucippus (-500), Theophrastus (-371), and Pyrrho (-365).
384 BC - 321 BC
HPI: 96.24
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427 BC - 347 BC
HPI: 95.54
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470 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 94.34
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570 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 91.39
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460 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 84.79
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341 BC - 269 BC
HPI: 84.58
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486 BC - 420 BC
HPI: 80.89
Rank: 7
46 - 127
HPI: 80.42
Rank: 8
483 BC - 375 BC
HPI: 77.55
Rank: 9
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 10
371 BC - 287 BC
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 11
365 BC - 275 BC
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 12