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Celsus

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Celsus (; Hellenistic Greek: Κέλσος, Kélsos; fl. AD 175–177) was a 2nd-century Roman philosopher and opponent of early Christianity. His literary work, The True Word (also Account, Doctrine or Discourse; Greek: Hellenistic Greek: Λόγος Ἀληθής), survives exclusively in quotations from it in Contra Celsum, a refutation written in 248 by Origen of Alexandria. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Celsus has received more than 591,616 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Celsus is the 280th most popular philosopher (down from 246th in 2019).

Celsus is most famous for his work, "The True Word," which is a polemic against Christianity.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Celsus ranks 280 out of 1,267. Before him are Alcmaeon of Croton, Antonio Negri, Pherecydes of Syros, Priscus, Sri Aurobindo, and Euclid of Megara. After him are Cleobulus, François Fénelon, Synesius, Bruno Bauer, Bruno Latour, and Mazdak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 200, Celsus ranks 11. Before him are Cyprian, Pope Dionysius, Pope Stephen I, Pope Fabian, Hua Tuo, and Athenaeus. After him are Alexander of Aphrodisias, Marcus Claudius Tacitus, Zhang Jue, Wei Yan, Sasan, and Paul of Samosata.

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