PHILOSOPHER

Hermias

401 - 450

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Hermias (; Ancient Greek: Ἑρμείας Hermeias) was a Neoplatonist philosopher who was born in Alexandria c. 410 AD. He went to Athens and studied philosophy under Syrianus. He married Aedesia, who was a relative of Syrianus, and who had originally been betrothed to Proclus, but Proclus broke the engagement off after receiving a divine warning. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hermias has received more than 7,129 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Hermias is the 908th most popular philosopher (down from 881st in 2019), the 397th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 370th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Egyptian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Hermias ranks 908 out of 1,267. Before him are Ramananda, Michael Löwy, Gregory of Tatev, Arthur Oncken Lovejoy, Lastheneia of Mantinea, and Jacques-André Naigeon. After him are Johannes Agricola, Erich Neumann, Christian von Ehrenfels, Colotes, Antoun Saadeh, and Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 401, Hermias ranks 9. Before him are Aelia Eudocia, Buddhaghosa, Emperor Ankō, Stobaeus, Barsanuphius, and Mamertus. After him are Hilary of Arles, Solomon, Palladius, and Nechtan Morbet. Among people deceased in 450, Hermias ranks 9. Before him are Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Julia of Corsica, Peter Chrysologus, Vincent of Lérins, Petronius of Bologna, and Sozomen. After him are Koriun, Eznik of Kolb, Vibius Sequester, and Palladius.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Hermias ranks 397 out of 642. Before him are Antigone Costanda (1934), Al-Zafir (1133), Pishoy (320), Antonios Naguib (1935), Pope Achillas of Alexandria (300), and Georges Schehadé (1905). After him are Zainab al Ghazali (1917), Anatolius of Laodicea (201), Al-Mustakfi I (1285), Abbās al-Aqqād (1889), Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti (1754), and Yahya of Antioch (980).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Egypt

Among philosophers born in Egypt, Hermias ranks 19. Before him are Ammonius Hermiae (440), Julius Pollux (200), Isaac Israeli ben Solomon (832), Syrianus (400), Nasr Abu Zayd (1943), and Ahmad al-Tayyeb (1946). After him are Isidore of Alexandria (450), Thrasyllus of Mendes (-100), and Leila Ahmed (1940).

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