PHILOSOPHER

Olympiodorus the Younger

495 - 570

Olympiodorus the Younger

Olympiodorus the Younger (Greek: Ὀλυμπιόδωρος ὁ Νεώτερος; c. 495 – 570) was a Neoplatonist philosopher, astrologer and teacher who lived in the early years of the Byzantine Empire, after Justinian's Decree of 529 AD which closed Plato's Academy in Athens and other pagan schools. Olympiodorus was the last pagan to maintain the Platonist tradition in Alexandria (see Alexandrian School); after his death the School passed into the hands of Christian Aristotelians, and was eventually moved to Constantinople. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Olympiodorus the Younger has received more than 60,660 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Olympiodorus the Younger is the 630th most popular philosopher (up from 652nd in 2019), the 272nd most popular biography from Egypt (up from 279th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Egyptian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Olympiodorus the Younger ranks 630 out of 1,089. Before him are Arete of Cyrene, Jean-Marie Guyau, Madhvacharya, Alfred Schmidt, Numenius of Apamea, and Yang Xiong. After him are Dharmakirti, Ludwig Klages, Salomon Maimon, Theodor Lipps, Cebes, and Eduard Zeller.

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Olympiodorus the Younger
495 - 570
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 630
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HPI: 66.10
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Salomon Maimon
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Theodor Lipps
1851 - 1914
HPI: 66.07
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500 BC - 400 BC
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Eduard Zeller
1814 - 1908
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 636

Contemporaries

Among people born in 495, Olympiodorus the Younger ranks 3. Before him are Amalasuntha and Chlodomer. Among people deceased in 570, Olympiodorus the Younger ranks 3. Before him are Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib and John Philoponus. After him are Gildas, Aregund, and Waldrada.