384 BC - 321 BC
Aristotle (; Greek: Ἀριστοτέλης Aristotélēs, pronounced [aristotélɛːs]; 384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Lyceum, the Peripatetic school of philosophy, and the Aristotelian tradition. His writings cover many subjects including physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theatre, music, rhetoric, psychology, linguistics, economics, politics, meteorology, geology, and government. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aristotle has received more than 15,986,294 page views. His biography is available in 195 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 191 in 2019). Aristotle is the most popular philosopher (up from 2nd in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Greece (up from 3rd 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 1,089. After him are Plato, Socrates, Confucius, Gautama Buddha, Immanuel Kant, René Descartes, Avicenna, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Friedrich Nietzsche, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Augustine of Hippo.
384 BC - 321 BC
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427 BC - 347 BC
HPI: 95.73
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470 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 95.16
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551 BC - 479 BC
HPI: 93.64
Rank: 4
566 BC - 452 BC
HPI: 93.47
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1724 - 1804
HPI: 93.13
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1596 - 1650
HPI: 92.74
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980 - 1037
HPI: 92.51
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1712 - 1778
HPI: 92.05
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1844 - 1900
HPI: 91.80
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1469 - 1527
HPI: 91.02
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354 - 430
HPI: 90.32
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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, and Neoptolemus.
384 BC - 321 BC
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355 BC - 321 BC
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370 BC - 321 BC
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400 BC - 321 BC
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400 BC - 321 BC
HPI: 63.33
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Among people born in Greece, Aristotle ranks 2 out of 855. Before him are Alexander the Great (-356). After him are Plato (-427), Socrates (-470), Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881), Hippocrates (-460), Pythagoras (-570), Spartacus (-109), Sophocles (-497), Epicurus (-341), Pericles (-494), and Democritus (-460).
356 BC - 323 BC
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384 BC - 321 BC
HPI: 96.06
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427 BC - 347 BC
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470 BC - 399 BC
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1881 - 1938
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460 BC - 370 BC
HPI: 90.52
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570 BC - 495 BC
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109 BC - 71 BC
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497 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 88.52
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341 BC - 269 BC
HPI: 88.36
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494 BC - 429 BC
HPI: 88.20
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460 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 86.38
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Among philosophers born in Greece, Aristotle ranks 1. After him are Plato (-427), Socrates (-470), Pythagoras (-570), Epicurus (-341), Democritus (-460), Plutarch (46), Protagoras (-486), Gorgias (-483), Theophrastus (-371), Pyrrho (-365), and Antisthenes (-445).
384 BC - 321 BC
HPI: 96.06
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427 BC - 347 BC
HPI: 95.73
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470 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 95.16
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570 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 89.90
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341 BC - 269 BC
HPI: 88.36
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460 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 86.38
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46 - 127
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486 BC - 420 BC
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483 BC - 375 BC
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371 BC - 287 BC
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365 BC - 275 BC
HPI: 79.42
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445 BC - 365 BC
HPI: 79.27
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