PHILOSOPHER

Bardaisan

154 - 222

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Bardaisan (11 July 154 – 222 AD; Syriac: ܒܪ ܕܝܨܢ, Bar Dayṣān; also Bardaiṣan), known in Arabic as ibn Dayṣān (Arabic: ابن ديصان) and in Latin as Bardesanes, was a Syriac-speaking Assyrian Christian writer and teacher with a gnostic background, and founder of the Bardaisanites. A scientist, scholar, astrologer, philosopher, hymnwriter, and poet, Bardaisan was also renowned for his knowledge of India, on which he wrote a book, now lost. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bardaisan has received more than 146,834 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Bardaisan is the 596th most popular philosopher (up from 623rd in 2019), the 455th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 594th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Turkish Philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Bardaisan ranks 596 out of 1,267. Before him are Nancy Fraser, Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Myson of Chenae, Yang Zhu, and Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai. After him are Aeschines of Sphettus, Arne Næss, Salomon Maimon, Hans Albert, Maurice Blondel, and Hu Shih.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 154, Bardaisan ranks 2. Before him is Yuan Shao.  Among people deceased in 222, Bardaisan ranks 8. Before him are Ma Chao, Zhang Liao, Julia Soaemias, Gan Ning, Huang Gai, and Ma Liang. After him are Annia Faustina, and Hierocles.

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    Yuan Shao

    POLITICIAN

    154 - 202

    HPI: 67.47

    Rank: 1

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    Bardaisan

    PHILOSOPHER

    154 - 222

    HPI: 58.00

    Rank: 2

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Bardaisan ranks 455 out of 1,347. Before him are Leo V, King of Armenia (1342), Alcidamas (-450), Sophia (530), Sultan Walad (1226), Alexander Polyhistor (-100), and Meletius of Antioch (400). After him are Dani Rodrik (1957), Namık Kemal (1840), Nizamüddin Ahmed Pasha (1281), Saint Mercurius (224), Kemal Reis (1451), and Yaşar Kemal (1923).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Türkiye

Among philosophers born in Türkiye, Bardaisan ranks 34. Before him are Eubulides (-500), George Pachymeres (1242), Themistius (317), Metrodorus of Lampsacus (-331), Manuel Chrysoloras (1355), and Alcidamas (-450). After him are Crates of Mallus (-200), Diogenes of Oenoanda (200), Nausiphanes (-400), Maximus Planudes (1260), Diodorus Cronus (-400), and Crantor (-400).

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