PHILOSOPHER

Calcidius

400 - 500

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Calcidius (or Chalcidius) was a 4th-century philosopher who translated the first part (to 53c) of Plato's Timaeus from Greek into Latin around the year 321 and provided with it an extensive commentary. This was likely done for Bishop Hosius of Córdoba. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Calcidius has received more than 72,323 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Calcidius is the 805th most popular philosopher (up from 822nd in 2019).

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Calcidius ranks 805 out of 1,267. Before him are Kazimierz Łyszczyński, Francisco Sanches, Claude Lefort, Alain Finkielkraut, Gargi Vachaknavi, and Volin. After him are Rambhadracharya, Frederick Copleston, Eric Hoffer, Herman of Carinthia, Hecataeus of Abdera, and Jakob Friedrich Fries.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 400, Calcidius ranks 48. Before him are Julius Firmicus Maternus, Gainas, Syrianus, Varazdat, Sozomen, and Flavius Bauto. After him are Anthemius, Nemesius, Mallobaudes, Mawiyya, Diodorus of Tarsus, and Constans II. Among people deceased in 500, Calcidius ranks 13. Before him are Rutilius Claudius Namatianus, Hierocles of Alexandria, Faustus of Byzantium, Charaton, Asclepigenia, and Aedesia. After him are Anthemius, Nemesius, Respendial, Caradoc, Coelius Sedulius, and Leontia Porphyrogenita.

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