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PHILOSOPHER

Heraclides Ponticus

385 BC - 322 BC

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Heraclides Ponticus (Greek: Ἡρακλείδης ὁ Ποντικός Herakleides; c. 390 BC – c. 310 BC) was a Greek philosopher and astronomer who was born in Heraclea Pontica, now Karadeniz Ereğli, Turkey, and migrated to Athens. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heraclides Ponticus has received more than 182,094 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Heraclides Ponticus is the 318th most popular philosopher (up from 327th in 2019), the 307th most popular biography from Turkey (up from 311th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Turkish Philosopher.

Heraclides Ponticus was a Greek philosopher and astronomer who was famous for his theory that the earth rotates on its axis.

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  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.53

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  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Heraclides Ponticus ranks 318 out of 1,081Before him are Isaac Abarbanel, Giovanni Gentile, Alfred Schütz, Thrasymachus, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, and Aenesidemus. After him are Jean-Luc Nancy, Gemistus Pletho, Alexandre Koyré, David Strauss, Moritz Schlick, and Henri Lefebvre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 385 BC, Heraclides Ponticus ranks 1After him are Shen Buhai and Mazaeus. Among people deceased in 322 BC, Heraclides Ponticus ranks 3Before him are Diogenes and Demosthenes. After him are Hypereides, Leonnatus, Cleomenes of Naucratis, and Ariarathes I of Cappadocia.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Heraclides Ponticus ranks 307 out of 1,301Before him are Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha (1635), Constantine Laskaris (1170), Ptolemy Philadelphus (-36), Alexander Ypsilantis (1792), Thrasymachus (-459), and Nebahat Çehre (1944). After him are Lydia of Thyatira (100), Gemistus Pletho (1355), Candaules (-800), Erasmus of Formia (300), Attalus III (-170), and Libanius (314).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Turkey

Among philosophers born in Turkey, Heraclides Ponticus ranks 23Before him are Arcesilaus (-315), Xenocrates (-396), Alexander of Aphrodisias (200), Priscus (410), Cleanthes (-330), and Thrasymachus (-459). After him are Gemistus Pletho (1355), Strato of Lampsacus (-335), Gennadius Scholarius (1400), Eubulides (-500), Nicephorus Gregoras (1295), and George Pachymeres (1242).