PHILOSOPHER

John Italus

1025 - 1112

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John Italus or Italos (Greek: Ἰωάννης ὁ Ἰταλός, Iōánnēs ho Italós; Latin: Johannes Italus) was a neoplatonic Byzantine philosopher of the eleventh century. He was Calabrian in origin, his father being a soldier. He came to Constantinople, where he became a student of Michael Psellus in classical Greek philosophy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Italus has received more than 34,087 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). John Italus is the 824th most popular philosopher (down from 819th in 2019), the 2,460th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,371st in 2019) and the 60th most popular Italian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, John Italus ranks 824 out of 1,267. Before him are Yajnavalkya, Anandamayi Ma, Cheng Hao, Nemesius, Karl Vogt, and Ted Nelson. After him are Kumārila Bhaṭṭa, Karel Kosík, Favorinus, Aleksey Khomyakov, George of Trebizond, and Hermippus of Smyrna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1025, John Italus ranks 8. Before him are Agnes of Poitou, Antipope Clement III, Rudolf of Rheinfelden, Emperor Go-Reizei, Floris I, Count of Holland, and Werner I, Count of Klettgau. After him are Gertrude of Poland, Ruben I, Prince of Armenia, and Edith of Wessex. Among people deceased in 1112, John Italus ranks 7. Before him are Tancred, Prince of Galilee, Henry, Count of Portugal, Bertrand, Count of Toulouse, Zbigniew of Poland, George II of Georgia, and Sigebert of Gembloux. After him is Kyansittha.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, John Italus ranks 2,460 out of 5,161. Before him are Giancarlo Fisichella (1973), Federica Mogherini (1973), Alex Zanardi (1966), Publius Rutilius Rufus (-158), Guido Fubini (1879), and Francesco Furini (1603). After him are Giovanni Lajolo (1935), Carlo Galetti (1882), Pietro Ziani (1153), Danny Huston (1962), Domenico Tardini (1888), and Marc'Antonio Ingegneri (1535).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Italy

Among philosophers born in Italy, John Italus ranks 60. Before him are Cristoforo Landino (1424), Paolo Sarpi (1552), Luigi Guido Grandi (1671), Philip of Opus (-400), Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (1707), and Vincenzo Gioberti (1801). After him are Ludovico Antonio Muratori (1672), Lanza del Vasto (1901), Monimus (-400), Dietrich von Hildebrand (1889), Andrea Carlo Ferrari (1850), and Ecphantus the Pythagorean (null).

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