PHILOSOPHER

Aristoxenus

360 BC - 300 BC

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Aristoxenus of Tarentum (Greek: Ἀριστόξενος ὁ Ταραντῖνος; born c. 375, fl. 335 BC) was a Greek Peripatetic philosopher, and a pupil of Aristotle. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aristoxenus has received more than 207,033 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Aristoxenus is the 327th most popular philosopher (down from 295th in 2019), the 902nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 824th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Italian Philosopher.

Aristoxenus was most famous for his music theory, which was a major contribution to the field. He also wrote a book on the history of Greek music, which was the first of its kind.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Aristoxenus ranks 327 out of 1,267. Before him are Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, Rudolf Otto, Moritz Schlick, Ramanuja, Moses Hess, and Martianus Capella. After him are Johann Georg Hamann, Hermann Cohen, Edgar Morin, Wang Yangming, Justus Lipsius, and Asanga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 360 BC, Aristoxenus ranks 2. Before him is Callisthenes. After him are Arses of Persia, Autolycus of Pitane, Onesicritus, and Dionysius of Heraclea. Among people deceased in 300 BC, Aristoxenus ranks 4. Before him are Lysippos, Diotima of Mantinea, and Wang Jian. After him are Berossus, Nearchus, Hipparchia of Maroneia, Eudemus of Rhodes, Menaechmus, Aristo of Chios, Hegesias of Cyrene, and Callippus.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Aristoxenus ranks 902 out of 5,161. Before him are Beatrice of Naples (1457), Filippo Inzaghi (1973), Alfonso II of Naples (1448), Giuseppe Torelli (1658), Maurizio Sarri (1959), and Richard Rogers (1933). After him are Zeuxis (-500), Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852), Giuseppe Guarneri (1698), Leonardo Vinci (1690), Baldassare Peruzzi (1481), and Cola di Rienzo (1313).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Italy

Among philosophers born in Italy, Aristoxenus ranks 27. Before him are Giorgio Agamben (1942), Theano (-600), Alcmaeon of Croton (-510), Antonio Negri (1933), Giovanni Gentile (1875), and Julius Caesar Scaliger (1484). After him are Elena Cornaro Piscopia (1646), Gaius Musonius Rufus (25), Pietro Pomponazzi (1462), Brunetto Latini (1220), Bartolus de Saxoferrato (1313), and Giles of Rome (1243).

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