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Dicaearchus

350 BC - 290 BC

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Dicaearchus of Messana (; Ancient Greek: Δικαίαρχος Dikaiarkhos; c. 370/350 – c. post 323 BC), also written Dikaiarchos (), was a Greek philosopher, geographer and author. Dicaearchus was a student of Aristotle in the Lyceum. Very little of his work remains extant. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dicaearchus has received more than 118,308 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Dicaearchus is the 501st most popular philosopher (down from 467th in 2019), the 1,443rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,329th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Italian Philosopher.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Dicaearchus ranks 501 out of 1,267. Before him are Gorakhnath, Antiochus of Ascalon, Hermann Lotze, Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Zengzi, and Gaetano Mosca. After him are Yi I, Zhang Daoling, Karl Löwith, Guillaume Budé, Antony Flew, and Philo of Larissa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 350 BC, Dicaearchus ranks 11. Before him are Megasthenes, Perdiccas III of Macedon, Timaeus, Parysatis II, Bagoas, and Alexander II of Macedon. After him are Agis III, Archestratus, Artakama, Archidamus III, Cleomenes II, and Publius Decius Mus. Among people deceased in 290 BC, Dicaearchus ranks 3. Before him are Megasthenes, and Autolycus of Pitane. After him are Onesicritus, and Neoptolemus II of Epirus.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Dicaearchus ranks 1,443 out of 5,161. Before him are Francis V, Duke of Modena (1819), Pietro Gasparri (1852), Pompeius Strabo (-135), Giovanni Ferrari (1907), Gaetano Mosca (1858), and Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua (1412). After him are Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (1484), Frank Lentini (1889), Gaetano Bresci (1869), Matteo Bandello (1484), Otto, Count of Savoy (1023), and Ubertino of Casale (1259).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Italy

Among philosophers born in Italy, Dicaearchus ranks 41. Before him are Gianni Vattimo (1936), Lucilio Vanini (1585), Vittorino da Feltre (1378), Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri (1667), Norberto Bobbio (1909), and Gaetano Mosca (1858). After him are Hippo (-500), Pietro d'Abano (1250), Myia (-600), Silvia Federici (1942), Bernardino Telesio (1509), and Cesare Ripa (1555).

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