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Iamblichus ( eye-AM-blik-əs; Greek: Ἰάμβλιχος, translit. Iámblichos; Arabic: يَمْلِكُ, romanized: Yamlīḵū; Aramaic: 𐡉𐡌𐡋𐡊𐡅, romanized: Yamlīḵū; c. 245 – c. 325) was an Arab neoplatonic philosopher. He determined a direction later taken by neoplatonism. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Iamblichus has received more than 417,932 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Iamblichus is the 234th most popular philosopher (up from 240th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Syria (up from 20th 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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Among philosophers, Iamblichus ranks 234 out of 1,081. Before him are Gaston Bachelard, Pelagius, Benjamin Constant, Michael Psellos, Al-Jahiz, and Josef Breuer. After him are Shen Kuo, Judah Loew ben Bezalel, Epimenides, Nikolai Berdyaev, Guy Debord, and François Fénelon.
1884 - 1962
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 228
360 - 420
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 229
1767 - 1830
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 230
1018 - 1078
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 231
775 - 868
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 232
1842 - 1925
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 233
245 - 330
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 234
1031 - 1095
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 235
1512 - 1609
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 236
690 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 237
1874 - 1948
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 238
1931 - 1994
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 239
1651 - 1715
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 240
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.
250 - 330
HPI: 78.79
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245 - 330
HPI: 66.53
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255 - 330
HPI: 63.44
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290 - 330
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 4
Among people born in Syria, Iamblichus ranks 19 out of 181. Before him are Muawiya II (661), Marwan II (688), Imad ad-Din Zengi (1087), Al-Nawawi (1233), Julia Domna (160), and John Climacus (579). After him are Aemilius Papinianus (142), Al-Maʿarri (973), Ibn al-Nafis (1212), Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (691), Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (1292), and Ananias of Damascus (100).
661 - 684
HPI: 68.13
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688 - 750
HPI: 67.95
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1087 - 1146
HPI: 67.89
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1233 - 1278
HPI: 67.79
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160 - 217
HPI: 67.62
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579 - 649
HPI: 67.21
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245 - 330
HPI: 66.53
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142 - 211
HPI: 66.49
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973 - 1057
HPI: 66.37
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1212 - 1289
HPI: 65.97
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691 - 743
HPI: 65.24
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1292 - 1350
HPI: 65.10
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100 - 100
HPI: 64.86
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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).
676 - 749
HPI: 74.70
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245 - 330
HPI: 66.53
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1212 - 1289
HPI: 65.97
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480 - 550
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 4
200 - 200
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 5
1899 - 1968
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 6