PHILOSOPHER

Carneades

214 BC - 129 BC

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Carneades (; Greek: Καρνεάδης, Karneadēs, "of Carnea"; 214/3–129/8 BC) was a Greek philosopher, perhaps the most prominent head of the Skeptical Academy in ancient Greece. He was born in Cyrene. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carneades has received more than 187,285 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Carneades is the 230th most popular philosopher (up from 258th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Libya (down from 12th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Libyan Philosopher.

Carneades was most famous for his defense of the thesis that nothing can be known with certainty.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Carneades ranks 230 out of 1,267. Before him are Marsilius of Padua, Paul Feyerabend, Vyasa, Benjamin Constant, Al-Jahiz, and Arcesilaus. After him are Roger Garaudy, Prodicus, Xenocrates, Judah Loew ben Bezalel, Cleanthes, and Giorgio Agamben.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 214 BC, Carneades ranks 1. After him is Gaius Cassius Longinus. Among people deceased in 129 BC, Carneades ranks 2. Before him is Scipio Aemilianus. After him are Antiochus VII Sidetes, Eumenes III, and Antipater of Tarsus.

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In Libya

Among people born in Libya, Carneades ranks 13 out of 76. Before him are Omar Mukhtar (1858), Simon of Cyrene (-100), Callimachus (-310), Idris of Libya (1889), Pope Victor I (100), and Khalifa Haftar (1943). After him are Synesius (370), Berenice II of Egypt (-267), Theodorus the Atheist (-340), Lorenzo Bandini (1935), Theodorus of Cyrene (-465), and Arete of Cyrene (-400).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Libya

Among philosophers born in Libya, Carneades ranks 2. Before him are Aristippus (-434). After him are Synesius (370), Theodorus the Atheist (-340), Arete of Cyrene (-400), Hegesias of Cyrene (-400), Lucius Annaeus Cornutus (10), Anniceris (-400), and Lacydes of Cyrene (-300).

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