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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 133,891 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Bardaisan is the 623rd most popular philosopher (down from 584th in 2019), the 596th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 530th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Turkish Philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

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  • 56.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Bardaisan ranks 623 out of 1,081Before him are Guarino da Verona, Giles of Rome, Florian Znaniecki, Jean Hyppolite, Ernst Moritz Arndt, and Al-Taftazani. After him are Philo of Larissa, Manuel Chrysoloras, María Zambrano, Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, Ernst Nolte, and Andreas Karlstadt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 154, Bardaisan ranks 2Before him is Yuan Shao.  Among people deceased in 222, Bardaisan ranks 7Before him are Elagabalus, Zhang Liao, Ma Chao, Julia Soaemias, Gan Ning, and Huang Gai. After him are Annia Faustina and Hierocles.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Bardaisan ranks 596 out of 1,301Before him are Diogenes of Oenoanda (200), Daniel the Stylite (409), Maximus Planudes (1260), Rufinus (335), Martina (598), and Tuncel Kurtiz (1936). After him are Andronikos Doukas (1006), Manuel Chrysoloras (1355), John of Ephesus (507), Alexios III of Trebizond (1338), Rusa II (-800), and Anna Dalassene (1030).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Turkey

Among philosophers born in Turkey, Bardaisan ranks 36Before him are Themistius (317), Crates of Mallus (-200), Metrodorus of Lampsacus (-331), Barlaam of Seminara (1290), Diogenes of Oenoanda (200), and Maximus Planudes (1260). After him are Manuel Chrysoloras (1355), Diodorus Cronus (-400), Nausiphanes (-400), John Argyropoulos (1415), Maximus of Ephesus (310), and Crantor (-400).