PHILOSOPHER

John of Damascus

676 - 749

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John of Damascus (Arabic: يوحنا الدمشقي, romanized: Yūḥana ad-Dimashqī; Greek: Ἰωάννης ὁ Δαμασκηνός, romanized: Ioánnēs ho Damaskēnós, IPA: [ioˈanis o ðamasciˈnos]; Latin: Ioannes Damascenus; born Yūḥana ibn Manṣūr ibn Sarjūn, يوحنا إبن منصور إبن سرجون) or John Damascene was an Arab Christian monk, priest, hymnographer, and apologist. Born and raised in Damascus c. 675 or 676; the precise date and place of his death is not known, though tradition places it at his monastery, Mar Saba, near Jerusalem on 4 December 749.A polymath whose fields of interest and contribution included law, theology, philosophy, and music, he was given the by-name of Chrysorroas (Χρυσορρόας, literally "streaming with gold", i.e. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John of Damascus has received more than 914,870 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). John of Damascus is the 85th most popular philosopher (up from 90th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Syria (up from 3rd in 2019) and the most popular Syrian Philosopher.

John of Damascus was a Christian monk who lived in the 8th century. He is most famous for his work, "On the Orthodox Faith."

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  • 74.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 66

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year John of Damascus has had the most page views in the with 148,458 views, followed by Russian (44,157), and Arabic (28,243). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (128.70%), Kirghiz (86.24%), and French (75.50%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, John of Damascus ranks 85 out of 1,267. Before him are Carl von Clausewitz, Nicholas of Cusa, Gregory of Nazianzus, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Mencius, and Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab. After him are Athanasius of Alexandria, Peter Abelard, Theophrastus, Johann Gottfried Herder, Ibn Taymiyyah, and Leucippus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 676, John of Damascus ranks 1. After him is Prince Toneri. Among people deceased in 749, John of Damascus ranks 1. 

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, John of Damascus ranks 2 out of 210. Before him are Elagabalus (203). After him are Yazid I (647), Zenobia (240), Hafez al-Assad (1930), Abd al-Rahman I (731), Pope Gregory III (700), Philip the Arab (204), Bashar al-Assad (1965), Imad ad-Din Zengi (1087), Apollodorus of Damascus (50), and Ibn Kathir (1301).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Syria

Among philosophers born in Syria, John of Damascus ranks 1. After him are Iamblichus (245), Ibn al-Nafis (1212), Damascius (480), Numenius of Apamea (200), and Zaki al-Arsuzi (1899).

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