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PHILOSOPHER

Maximus Planudes

1260 - 1305

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Maximus Planudes (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 112,286 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Maximus Planudes is the 614th most popular philosopher (up from 679th in 2019), the 592nd most popular biography from Turkey (up from 612th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Turkish Philosopher.

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  • 22

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  • 7.81

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  • 1.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Maximus Planudes ranks 614 out of 1,081Before him are R. G. Collingwood, Shen Buhai, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Cristoforo Landino, Abraham Isaac Kook, and Diogenes of Oenoanda. After him are Georges Politzer, Ian Stevenson, Guarino da Verona, Giles of Rome, Florian Znaniecki, and Jean Hyppolite.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1260, Maximus Planudes ranks 10Before him are Antipope Nicholas V, Al-Ashraf Khalil, Matthew III Csák, Khutulun, Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy, and Al-Said Barakah. After him are Lloque Yupanqui, Anna of Hungary, Bartolomeo Gradenigo, Hedwig of Holstein, Theodoric IV, Landgrave of Lusatia, and John II of Jerusalem. Among people deceased in 1305, Maximus Planudes ranks 11Before him are Roger de Flor, Guy, Count of Flanders, Nicholas of Tolentino, Moses de León, Jean de Meun, and Roger of Lauria. After him are Blanche of France, Duchess of Austria, Emperor Kameyama, and John II, Duke of Brittany.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Maximus Planudes ranks 592 out of 1,301Before him are Artemidorus Ephesius (-150), Artakama (-350), Eustathius of Antioch (300), Anaximenes of Lampsacus (-380), Diogenes of Oenoanda (200), and Daniel the Stylite (409). After him are Rufinus (335), Martina (598), Tuncel Kurtiz (1936), Bardaisan (154), Andronikos Doukas (1006), and Manuel Chrysoloras (1355).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Turkey

Among philosophers born in Turkey, Maximus Planudes ranks 35Before him are George Pachymeres (1242), Themistius (317), Crates of Mallus (-200), Metrodorus of Lampsacus (-331), Barlaam of Seminara (1290), and Diogenes of Oenoanda (200). After him are Bardaisan (154), Manuel Chrysoloras (1355), Diodorus Cronus (-400), Nausiphanes (-400), John Argyropoulos (1415), and Maximus of Ephesus (310).