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Euclid of Megara

435 BC - 365 BC

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Euclid of Megara (; Greek: Εὐκλείδης Eucleides; c. 435 – c. 365 BC) was a Greek Socratic philosopher who founded the Megarian school of philosophy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Euclid of Megara has received more than 192,264 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Euclid of Megara is the 357th most popular philosopher (down from 321st in 2019), the 206th most popular biography from Greece (down from 184th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Philosopher.

Euclid of Megara is most famous for his book "Elements," which is a mathematical textbook that has been used by students for centuries.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Euclid of Megara ranks 357 out of 1,081. Before him are Richard Rorty, Daniel Dennett, Judith Butler, J. L. Austin, Pompeia Plotina, and Wilhelm Windelband. After him are René Girard, Nachmanides, Uriel da Costa, Macrobius, Alexandre Kojève, and Mulla Sadra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 435 BC, Euclid of Megara ranks 1. After him are Evagoras I and Philoxenus of Cythera. Among people deceased in 365 BC, Euclid of Megara ranks 3. Before him are Antisthenes and Marcus Furius Camillus. After him are Ptolemy of Aloros and Datames.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Euclid of Megara ranks 206 out of 936. Before him are Quintus Curtius Rufus (41), Prokopis Pavlopoulos (1950), Antiochus V Eupator (-173), Andreas Papandreou (1919), Philopoemen (-253), and Odysseas Elytis (1911). After him are Thrasybulus (-440), Agis IV (-265), Lafcadio Hearn (1850), Pelopidas (-450), Bacchylides (-490), and Prince George of Greece and Denmark (1869).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Euclid of Megara ranks 32. Before him are Panaetius (-185), Hipparchia of Maroneia (-350), Speusippus (-407), Aenesidemus (-80), Crates of Thebes (-365), and Timon of Phlius (-320). After him are Archelaus (-500), Cleobulus (-590), Eudemus of Rhodes (-370), Phaedo of Elis (-401), Stilpo (-359), and Plutarch of Athens (350).

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