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PHILOSOPHER

Onesicritus

360 BC - 290 BC

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Onesicritus (Greek: Ὀνησίκριτος; c. 360 BC – c. 290 BC), a Greek historical writer and Cynic philosopher, who accompanied Alexander the Great on his campaigns in Asia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Onesicritus has received more than 99,258 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Onesicritus is the 746th most popular philosopher (down from 707th in 2019), the 443rd most popular biography from Greece (down from 418th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Greek Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Onesicritus ranks 746 out of 1,081Before him are Henry More, Paul de Lagarde, Lucian Blaga, Motoori Norinaga, Sarada Devi, and Vladimir Jankélévitch. After him are Crates of Athens, Jean-Luc Marion, Philipp Mainländer, William of Conches, Maximus of Ephesus, and Symon Budny.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 360 BC, Onesicritus ranks 5Before him are Callisthenes, Aristoxenus, Arses of Persia, and Autolycus of Pitane.  Among people deceased in 290 BC, Onesicritus ranks 4Before him are Megasthenes, Dicaearchus, and Autolycus of Pitane.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Onesicritus ranks 443 out of 936Before him are Gylippus (-500), Dimitrios Ioannidis (1923), Augustinos Kapodistrias (1778), Chabrias (-500), Demaratus of Corinth (-700), and Battus I of Cyrene (-580). After him are Konstantinos Tsatsos (1899), Lamachus (-500), Hyperbolus (-500), Pelops of Sparta (-210), Stamata Revithi (1866), and Meletius IV of Constantinople (1871).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Onesicritus ranks 49Before him are Philo of Larissa (-145), Zoilus (-400), Aristo of Chios (-300), Hermarchus (-325), Asclepigenia (400), and Hecataeus of Abdera (-400). After him are Glaucon (-445), Musaeus of Athens (-500), George of Trebizond (1395), Metrodorus of Chios (-500), Apollodorus the Epicurean (-150), and Menedemus (-340).