PHILOSOPHER

Hegesias of Magnesia

200 BC - 170 BC

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Hegesias of Magnesia (Ancient Greek: Ἡγησίας ὁ Μάγνης, Hēgēsias ho Magnēs), Greek rhetorician, and historian, flourished about 300 BC. Strabo (xiv. 648), speaks of him as the founder of the florid Asiatic style of composition. Agatharchides, Dionysius of Halicarnassus (De compositione verborum 18) and Cicero all speak of him in disparaging terms, although Varro seems to have approved of his work. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hegesias of Magnesia has received more than 30,708 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Hegesias of Magnesia is the 1,023rd most popular philosopher, the 849th most popular biography from Türkiye and the 55th most popular Turkish Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Hegesias of Magnesia ranks 1,023 out of 1,267. Before him are Northrop Frye, Friedrich Paulsen, Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, Daniel Bensaïd, Derek Parfit, and Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar. After him are Caspar Bartholin the Elder, John Hick, Robert Spaemann, Hermann Usener, Josiah Royce, and August Böckh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 200 BC, Hegesias of Magnesia ranks 73. Before him are Lucius Caecilius Metellus Diadematus, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus, Athenaeus Mechanicus, Gaius Flavius Fimbria, Andronicus of Cyrrhus, and Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius. After him are Heliocles I, Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, Lucius Aurelius Cotta, Titus Didius, Eucratides II, and Publius Rutilius Lupus. Among people deceased in 170 BC, Hegesias of Magnesia ranks 3. Before him are Nicander, and Sotion.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Hegesias of Magnesia ranks 849 out of 1,347. Before him are George Mouzalon (1220), Hrachia Acharian (1876), Cadmus of Miletus (-500), Mustafa Sandal (1970), Tigran Chukhajian (1837), and Arsacius of Tarsus (400). After him are Attilâ İlhan (1925), Meral Akşener (1956), Ali Rıza Pasha (1860), Vahram Papazian (1888), Ömer Seyfettin (1884), and Sabiha Kasimati (1912).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Türkiye

Among philosophers born in Türkiye, Hegesias of Magnesia ranks 55. Before him are Cerinthus (100), Colotes (-320), Zeno of Tarsus (-250), Critolaus (-200), Athenodorus Cananites (-100), and Seyla Benhabib (1950). After him are Sosipatra (-400).

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