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Iamblichus

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Iamblichus ( eye-AM-blik-əs; Ancient Greek: Ἰάμβλιχος, romanized: Iámblichos; Arabic: يَمْلِكُ, romanized: Yamlīkū; Aramaic: 𐡉𐡌𐡋𐡊𐡅, romanized: Yamlīkū; c. 245 – c. 325) was a Syrian neoplatonic philosopher. He determined a direction later taken by neoplatonism. Iamblichus was also the biographer of the Greek mystic, philosopher, and mathematician Pythagoras. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Iamblichus has received more than 459,073 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Iamblichus is the 246th most popular philosopher (down from 234th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Syria (down from 19th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Syrian Philosopher.

Iamblichus is most famous for his work on theurgy, which is the practice of using rituals and prayers to channel divine power.

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  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Iamblichus ranks 246 out of 1,267. Before him are Milarepa, Ivan Illich, Ernst Bloch, Orosius, Michael Psellos, and Theano. After him are Miskawayh, Andronicus of Rhodes, Guy Debord, Pelagius, Aśvaghoṣa, and Padmasambhava.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 245, Iamblichus ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 330, Iamblichus ranks 2. Before him is Helena. After him are Tiridates III of Armenia, and Flavia Julia Constantia.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Iamblichus ranks 22 out of 210. Before him are Julia Domna (160), Al-Nawawi (1233), Al-Maʿarri (973), Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (1292), Izz ad-Din al-Qassam (1882), and John Climacus (579). After him are Aemilius Papinianus (142), Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (691), Al-Adil I (1145), Ibn al-Nafis (1212), Antiochus II Theos (-286), and Romanos the Melodist (490).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Syria

Among philosophers born in Syria, Iamblichus ranks 2. Before him are John of Damascus (676). After him are Ibn al-Nafis (1212), Damascius (480), Numenius of Apamea (200), and Zaki al-Arsuzi (1899).

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