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PHILOSOPHER

Chrysippus

281 BC - 208 BC

Chrysippus

Chrysippus of Soli (; Greek: Χρύσιππος ὁ Σολεύς, Chrysippos ho Soleus; c. 279 – c. 206 BC) was a Greek Stoic philosopher. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chrysippus has received more than 1,615,040 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Chrysippus is the 168th most popular philosopher (down from 150th in 2019), the 133rd most popular biography from Turkey (down from 111th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Turkish Philosopher.

Chrysippus is most famous for his work on Stoicism. He was a student of Zeno, the founder of Stoicism, and he wrote a number of books on the subject.

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8.79
Effective Languages (L*)
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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Chrysippus ranks 168 out of 1,081. Before him are Cesare Beccaria, Carl Schmitt, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Marshall McLuhan, and Paul Ricœur. After him are Porphyry, Max Scheler, Jean Buridan, Julien Offray de La Mettrie, Karl Kautsky, and Solomon ibn Gabirol.

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Cesare Beccaria
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Carl Schmitt
1888 - 1985
HPI: 69.86
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Friedrich Schleiermacher
1768 - 1834
HPI: 69.85
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Maurice Merleau-Ponty
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Marshall McLuhan
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Paul Ricœur
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Chrysippus
281 BC - 208 BC
HPI: 69.67
Rank: 168
Porphyry
233 - 305
HPI: 69.66
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Max Scheler
1874 - 1928
HPI: 69.65
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Jean Buridan
1295 - 1361
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Julien Offray de La Mettrie
1709 - 1751
HPI: 69.64
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Karl Kautsky
1854 - 1938
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Solomon ibn Gabirol
1021 - 1058
HPI: 69.59
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 281 BC, Chrysippus ranks 1. After him are King Zhuangxiang of Qin and Sanghamitta. Among people deceased in 208 BC, Chrysippus ranks 1. After him are Li Si, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, and Chen Sheng.