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PHILOSOPHER

Michael Psellos

1018 - 1078

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Michael Psellos or Psellus (Greek: Μιχαὴλ Ψελλός, romanized: Michaḗl Psellós, Byzantine Greek: [mixaˈil pseˈlːos]) was a Byzantine Greek monk, savant, writer, philosopher, imperial courtier, historian and music theorist. He was born in 1017 or 1018, and is believed to have died in 1078, although it has also been maintained that he remained alive until 1096. He served as a high ranking courtier and advisor to several Byzantine emperors and was instrumental in the re-positioning of power of those emperors. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Psellos has received more than 196,265 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Michael Psellos is the 231st most popular philosopher (up from 234th in 2019), the 220th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 217th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Turkish Philosopher.

Michael Psellos was a Byzantine historian and philosopher. He is most famous for his Chronographia, a history of the Byzantine Empire.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Michael Psellos ranks 231 out of 1,081Before him are Bayazid Bastami, Imre Lakatos, Cratylus, Gaston Bachelard, Pelagius, and Benjamin Constant. After him are Al-Jahiz, Josef Breuer, Iamblichus, Shen Kuo, Judah Loew ben Bezalel, and Epimenides.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1018, Michael Psellos ranks 3Before him are Nizam al-Mulk and Harthacnut. After him are Pope Victor II, Bagrat IV of Georgia, Jeongjong, 10th monarch of Goryeo, and Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess of Burgundy. Among people deceased in 1078, Michael Psellos ranks 1After him are Iziaslav I of Kiev, Peter I, Count of Savoy, Berthold II, Duke of Carinthia, Roussel de Bailleul, Richard I of Capua, and Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of León and Castile.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Michael Psellos ranks 220 out of 1,301Before him are Anchises (null), Romanos I Lekapenos (870), Gyges of Lydia (-790), Ayşe Sultan (1541), Theophanu (960), and Herophilos (-335). After him are Celâl Bayar (1883), Pharamond (370), Sabbas the Sanctified (439), Uzun Hasan (1423), Cemal Gürsel (1895), and Glycerius (430).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Turkey

Among philosophers born in Turkey, Michael Psellos ranks 16Before him are Ibn Taymiyyah (1263), Chrysippus (-281), Posidonius (-135), Apollonius of Tyana (15), Proclus (412), and Bias of Priene (-600). After him are Arcesilaus (-315), Xenocrates (-396), Alexander of Aphrodisias (200), Priscus (410), Cleanthes (-330), and Thrasymachus (-459).