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PHILOSOPHER

Bion of Borysthenes

325 BC - 246 BC

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Bion of Borysthenes (Greek: Βίων Βορυσθενίτης, gen.: Βίωνος; c. 325 – c. 250 BC) was a Greek philosopher. After being sold into slavery, and then released, he moved to Athens, where he studied in almost every school of philosophy. It is, however, for his Cynic-style diatribes that he is chiefly remembered. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bion of Borysthenes has received more than 56,459 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Bion of Borysthenes is the 500th most popular philosopher (up from 525th in 2019), the 182nd most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 176th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Ukrainian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Bion of Borysthenes ranks 500 out of 1,081Before him are Yan Hui, Theodorus the Atheist, Kenneth Waltz, Thomas Nagel, Axel Honneth, and Tom Regan. After him are A. J. Ayer, Hasdai Crescas, Murray Bookchin, Hans Vaihinger, Zeno of Sidon, and Harriet Taylor Mill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 325 BC, Bion of Borysthenes ranks 2Before him is King Zhaoxiang of Qin. After him are Gongsun Long and Hermarchus. Among people deceased in 246 BC, Bion of Borysthenes ranks 4Before him are Ptolemy II Philadelphus, Antiochus II Theos, and Marcus Atilius Regulus. After him is Berenice.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Bion of Borysthenes ranks 182 out of 1,083Before him are Alexander Rutskoy (1947), Mstislav II of Kiev (1200), Hayim Nahman Bialik (1873), Eupraxia of Kiev (1071), Igor Oistrakh (1931), and Dimitri Tiomkin (1894). After him are Paul Muni (1895), Angelica Balabanoff (1878), Konstanty Ostrogski (1460), Yaropolk II of Kiev (1082), Kirill Moskalenko (1902), and Yevgeny Khaldei (1917).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Ukraine

Among philosophers born in Ukraine, Bion of Borysthenes ranks 5Before him are Nikolai Berdyaev (1874), Anacharsis (-700), Lev Shestov (1866), and P. D. Ouspensky (1878). After him are Zalmoxis (-713), Alexius Meinong (1853), Theophan Prokopovich (1681), Mykhailo Drahomanov (1841), Yuriy Drohobych (1450), Hugo Kołłątaj (1750), and Georges Florovsky (1893).