PHILOSOPHER

Maximus Planudes

1260 - 1305

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Maximus Planudes (Ancient Greek: Μάξιμος Πλανούδης, Máximos Planoúdēs; c. 1260 – c. 1305) was a Byzantine Greek monk, scholar, anthologist, translator, mathematician, grammarian and theologian at Constantinople. Through his translations from Latin into Greek and from Greek into Latin, he brought the Greek East and the Latin West into closer contact with one another. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maximus Planudes has received more than 120,390 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Maximus Planudes is the 640th most popular philosopher (down from 614th in 2019), the 501st most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 590th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Turkish Philosopher.

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Maximus Planudes ranks 640 out of 1,267. Before him are Frithjof Schuon, Nausiphanes, Jean Améry, Nicola Abbagnano, Eugen Fink, and Ari Thorgilsson. After him are Pierre Charron, Barlaam of Seminara, Gaius Marius Victorinus, Friedrich Albert Lange, Bharadwaja, and Jonathan Edwards.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1260, Maximus Planudes ranks 9. Before him are Guillaume de Nogaret, Antipope Nicholas V, Al-Ashraf Khalil, Matthew III Csák, Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy, and Al-Said Barakah. After him are Anna of Hungary, Lloque Yupanqui, Khutulun, Hedwig of Holstein, Bartolomeo Gradenigo, and Theodoric IV, Landgrave of Lusatia. Among people deceased in 1305, Maximus Planudes ranks 12. Before him are Guy, Count of Flanders, Roger of Lauria, Nicholas of Tolentino, Moses de León, Jean de Meun, and Emperor Kameyama. After him are Blanche of France, Duchess of Austria, John II, Duke of Brittany, and Qian Xuan.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Maximus Planudes ranks 501 out of 1,347. Before him are Martina (598), Nausiphanes (-400), Ali Sami Yen (1886), Artemidorus Ephesius (-150), Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha (1815), and Alexios III of Trebizond (1338). After him are İsa Çelebi (1380), Gregoria (700), Artakama (-350), Amphilochius of Iconium (339), Theodora of Trebizond (1253), and Osman Hamdi Bey (1842).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Türkiye

Among philosophers born in Türkiye, Maximus Planudes ranks 38. Before him are Manuel Chrysoloras (1355), Alcidamas (-450), Bardaisan (154), Crates of Mallus (-200), Diogenes of Oenoanda (200), and Nausiphanes (-400). After him are Diodorus Cronus (-400), Crantor (-400), John Argyropoulos (1415), Albinus (100), Maximus of Ephesus (310), and Necip Fazıl Kısakürek (1904).

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