PHILOSOPHER

Diogenes

404 BC - 322 BC

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Diogenes ( dy-OJ-in-eez; Ancient Greek: Διογένης, romanized: Diogénēs [di.oɡénɛːs]), also known as Diogenes the Cynic (Διογένης ὁ Κυνικός, Diogénēs ho Kynikós) or Diogenes of Sinope, was a Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynicism. He was born in Sinope, an Ionian colony on the Black Sea coast of Anatolia, in 412 or 404 BC and died at Corinth in 323 BC. Diogenes was a controversial figure. He was banished, or he fled, from Sinope over debasement of currency. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Diogenes has received more than 6,410,565 page views. His biography is available in 81 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 77 in 2019). Diogenes is the 31st most popular philosopher (up from 35th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 17th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Philosopher.

Diogenes was a philosopher who lived in the 4th century BC. He is most famous for his search for an honest man.

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  • 81.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 81

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Diogenes ranks 31 out of 1,267. Before him are Friedrich Engels, Averroes, Auguste Comte, Thomas Hobbes, Al-Ghazali, and Erasmus. After him are Parmenides, Baruch Spinoza, Anaximander, Al-Farabi, Martin Heidegger, and Maria Montessori.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 404 BC, Diogenes ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 322 BC, Diogenes ranks 1. After him are Demosthenes, Heraclides Ponticus, Hypereides, Leonnatus, Cleomenes of Naucratis, and Ariarathes I of Cappadocia.

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    Diogenes

    PHILOSOPHER

    404 BC - 322 BC

    HPI: 81.50

    Rank: 1

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Diogenes ranks 14 out of 1,347. Before him are Saint George (280), Selim II (1524), Mehmed the Conqueror (1432), Ahmed I (1590), Galen (129), and Selim I (1470). After him are Murad III (1546), Anaximander (-610), Saint Barbara (300), Strabo (-64), Murad IV (1612), and Mehmed III (1566).

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    Saint George

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    280 - 303

    HPI: 83.80

    Rank: 8

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    Selim II

    POLITICIAN

    1524 - 1574

    HPI: 82.82

    Rank: 9

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    Mehmed the Conqueror

    POLITICIAN

    1432 - 1481

    HPI: 82.34

    Rank: 10

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    Ahmed I

    POLITICIAN

    1590 - 1617

    HPI: 82.31

    Rank: 11

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    Galen

    PHYSICIAN

    129 - 215

    HPI: 82.12

    Rank: 12

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    Selim I

    POLITICIAN

    1470 - 1520

    HPI: 82.12

    Rank: 13

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    Diogenes

    PHILOSOPHER

    404 BC - 322 BC

    HPI: 81.50

    Rank: 14

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    Murad III

    POLITICIAN

    1546 - 1595

    HPI: 81.46

    Rank: 15

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    Anaximander

    PHILOSOPHER

    610 BC - 546 BC

    HPI: 81.17

    Rank: 16

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    Saint Barbara

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    300 - 306

    HPI: 80.75

    Rank: 17

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    Strabo

    GEOGRAPHER

    64 BC - 23

    HPI: 80.58

    Rank: 18

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    Murad IV

    POLITICIAN

    1612 - 1640

    HPI: 80.51

    Rank: 19

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    Mehmed III

    POLITICIAN

    1566 - 1603

    HPI: 80.14

    Rank: 20

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Türkiye

Among philosophers born in Türkiye, Diogenes ranks 3. Before him are Heraclitus (-535), and Thales of Miletus (-623). After him are Anaximander (-610), Anaxagoras (-500), Epictetus (50), Xenophanes (-570), Gregory of Nazianzus (329), Ibn Taymiyyah (1263), Leucippus (-500), Anaximenes of Miletus (-585), and Chrysippus (-281).

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