PHILOSOPHER

Hippias

443 BC - 399 BC

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Hippias of Elis (; Greek: Ἱππίας ὁ Ἠλεῖος; late 5th century BC) was a Greek sophist, and a contemporary of Socrates. With an assurance characteristic of the later sophists, he claimed to be regarded as an authority on all subjects, and lectured on poetry, grammar, history, politics, mathematics, and much else. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hippias has received more than 143,723 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Hippias is the 160th most popular philosopher (down from 151st in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from Greece (down from 80th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Greek Philosopher.

Hippias was a sophist from Elis, Greece. He is most famous for having written a work called "On the Sophists."

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  • 140k

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  • 70.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 16.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Hippias ranks 160 out of 1,267. Before him are Herbert Marcuse, Carl Schmitt, Friedrich Schleiermacher, John Rawls, Ferdinand Tönnies, and John Wycliffe. After him are Chrysippus, Sextus Empiricus, Kabir, Han Fei, Jean Buridan, and Jean Baudrillard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 443 BC, Hippias ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 399 BC, Hippias ranks 2. Before him is Socrates. After him are Thrasymachus, Archelaus I of Macedon, and Amyrtaeus.

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    Hippias

    PHILOSOPHER

    443 BC - 399 BC

    HPI: 70.36

    Rank: 1

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Hippias ranks 84 out of 1,024. Before him are Mikis Theodorakis (1925), Philip III of Macedon (-359), Pope Dionysius (200), Paul of Greece (1901), Hephaestion (-356), and Mahfiruz Hatun (1590). After him are Irene Papas (1929), Galla Placidia (388), Giorgio de Chirico (1888), Creon (null), Archilochus (-680), and Cimon (-510).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Hippias ranks 15. Before him are Gorgias (-483), Theophrastus (-371), Antisthenes (-445), Pyrrho (-365), Isocrates (-436), and Clement of Alexandria (150). After him are Diotima of Mantinea (-450), Melissus of Samos (-470), Cratylus (-500), Prodicus (-460), Chilon of Sparta (-600), and Apollodorus of Athens (-180).

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