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Eudemus of Rhodes

370 BC - 300 BC

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Eudemus of Rhodes (Greek: Εὔδημος; c. 370 BC - c. 300 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher, considered the first historian of science. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eudemus of Rhodes has received more than 101,659 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Eudemus of Rhodes is the 412th most popular philosopher (up from 430th in 2019), the 243rd most popular biography from Greece (up from 253rd in 2019) and the 37th most popular Greek Philosopher.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Eudemus of Rhodes ranks 412 out of 1,267. Before him are Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, Brunetto Latini, Peter Sloterdijk, Phaedo of Elis, Franciscus Patricius, and Franz Rosenzweig. After him are Buddhaghosa, Siger of Brabant, Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais, John Philoponus, Bernard of Chartres, and Alain de Benoist.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 370 BC, Eudemus of Rhodes ranks 4. Before him are Apelles, Craterus, and Cleitus the Black. After him are Callippus, Hui Shi, and Neoptolemus I of Epirus. Among people deceased in 300 BC, Eudemus of Rhodes ranks 8. Before him are Diotima of Mantinea, Wang Jian, Aristoxenus, Berossus, Nearchus, and Hipparchia of Maroneia. After him are Menaechmus, Aristo of Chios, Hegesias of Cyrene, Callippus, Mithridates II of Pontus, and Eurydice of Egypt.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Eudemus of Rhodes ranks 243 out of 1,024. Before him are Alexandra of Yugoslavia (1921), Timon of Phlius (-320), Antiochus XI Epiphanes (-115), Konstantinos Stephanopoulos (1926), Andreas Palaiologos (1453), and Phaedo of Elis (-401). After him are Theodore Stratelates (281), Katerina Sakellaropoulou (1956), Hypereides (-390), Memnon of Rhodes (-380), Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark (1905), and Nabis (-300).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Eudemus of Rhodes ranks 37. Before him are Hipparchia of Maroneia (-350), Stilpo (-359), Plutarch of Athens (350), Archelaus (-500), Timon of Phlius (-320), and Phaedo of Elis (-401). After him are Aristo of Chios (-300), Anaxarchus (-380), Philo of Larissa (-145), Polemon (-400), Crates of Athens (-400), and Nicos Poulantzas (1936).

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