PHILOSOPHER

Julius Caesar Scaliger

1484 - 1558

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Julius Caesar Scaliger (; 23 April 1484 – 21 October 1558), or Giulio Cesare della Scala, was an Italian scholar and physician, who spent a major part of his career in France. He employed the techniques and discoveries of Renaissance humanism to defend Aristotelianism against the New Learning. In spite of his contentious disposition, his contemporary reputation was high. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Julius Caesar Scaliger has received more than 116,235 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Julius Caesar Scaliger is the 319th most popular philosopher (up from 381st in 2019), the 871st most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,081st in 2019) and the 26th most popular Italian Philosopher.

Julius Caesar Scaliger was a scholar and a mathematician who is most famous for his work in chronology. He was the first to apply mathematics to the reconstruction of ancient history.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Julius Caesar Scaliger ranks 319 out of 1,267. Before him are Ram Mohan Roy, Nicolai Hartmann, Jacobus Arminius, Gemistus Pletho, Judith Butler, and Alfred Schütz. After him are Alfred Tarski, Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, Rudolf Otto, Moritz Schlick, Ramanuja, and Moses Hess.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1484, Julius Caesar Scaliger ranks 5. Before him are Huldrych Zwingli, Bartolomé de las Casas, Hans Baldung, and Anne of Foix-Candale. After him are Sebastian Cabot, Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Matteo Bandello, George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Pedro Mascarenhas. Among people deceased in 1558, Julius Caesar Scaliger ranks 6. Before him are Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Hurrem Sultan, Mary I of England, Mary of Hungary, and Eleanor of Austria. After him are Clément Janequin, Reginald Pole, Robert Recorde, Johannes Bugenhagen, Jean Fernel, and Macropedius.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Julius Caesar Scaliger ranks 871 out of 5,161. Before him are Pupienus (170), Luciano Berio (1925), Francesco Hayez (1791), Veronica Franco (1546), Lentulus Batiatus (-200), and Giorgio Morandi (1890). After him are Alessandro Del Piero (1974), Francesco Guicciardini (1483), Emilio Salgari (1862), Rosalba Carriera (1673), Guercino (1591), and Tommaso Buscetta (1928).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Italy

Among philosophers born in Italy, Julius Caesar Scaliger ranks 26. Before him are Marsilius of Padua (1275), Giorgio Agamben (1942), Theano (-600), Alcmaeon of Croton (-510), Antonio Negri (1933), and Giovanni Gentile (1875). After him are Aristoxenus (-360), Elena Cornaro Piscopia (1646), Gaius Musonius Rufus (25), Pietro Pomponazzi (1462), Brunetto Latini (1220), and Bartolus de Saxoferrato (1313).

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