401 BC - 400 BC
Phaedo of Elis (; also, Phaedon; Greek: Φαίδων ὁ Ἠλεῖος, gen.: Φαίδωνος; fl. 4th century BCE) was a Greek philosopher. A native of Elis, he was captured in war as a boy and sold into slavery. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Phaedo of Elis has received more than 126,203 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Phaedo of Elis is the 455th most popular philosopher (up from 456th in 2019), the 274th most popular biography from Greece (down from 266th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Greek Philosopher.
Phaedo is most famous for the dialogue in which Socrates discusses the immortality of the soul and the afterlife.
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Among philosophers, Phaedo of Elis ranks 455 out of 1,081. Before him are Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, Henry Suso, Ibn al-Rawandi, Petrus Ramus, Abul A'la Maududi, and Ernst Troeltsch. After him are Norberto Bobbio, Adam Ferguson, Willard Van Orman Quine, Nelson Goodman, Pierre Duhem, and Dhul-Nun al-Misri.
1490 - 1573
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 449
1295 - 1366
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 450
827 - 911
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 451
1515 - 1572
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 452
1903 - 1979
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 453
1865 - 1923
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 454
401 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 455
1909 - 2004
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 456
1723 - 1816
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 457
1908 - 2000
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 458
1906 - 1998
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 459
1861 - 1916
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 460
796 - 859
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 461
Among people born in 401 BC, Phaedo of Elis ranks 4. Before him are Lysander, Sun Bin, and Conon. After him is Clearchus of Sparta. Among people deceased in 400 BC, Phaedo of Elis ranks 11. Before him are Ctesias, Teos of Egypt, Eubulides, Leochares, Parysatis, and Alcamenes. After him are Thaïs, Perictione, Oxyartes, Artakama, Cebes, and Cephisodotus the Elder.
401 BC - 395 BC
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 1
401 BC - 316 BC
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 2
401 BC - 390 BC
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 3
401 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 4
401 BC - 401 BC
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 5
440 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 5
400 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 6
500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 7
400 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 8
500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 9
500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 10
401 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 11
400 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 12
500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 13
380 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 14
350 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 15
500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 16
500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 17
Among people born in Greece, Phaedo of Elis ranks 274 out of 936. Before him are Callias II (-515), Conon (-401), Euphronios (-520), Yanni (1954), Andreas Palaiologos (1453), and Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark (1903). After him are Andocides (-440), Pausanias of Sparta (null), Constantine Kanaris (1793), Stilpo (-359), Konstantinos Mitsotakis (1918), and Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906).
515 BC - 432 BC
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 268
401 BC - 390 BC
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 269
520 BC - 470 BC
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 270
1954 - Present
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 271
1453 - 1502
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 272
1903 - 1997
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 273
401 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 274
440 BC - 391 BC
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 275
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 276
1793 - 1877
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 277
359 BC - 279 BC
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 278
1918 - 2017
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 279
1906 - 1969
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 280
Among philosophers born in Greece, Phaedo of Elis ranks 36. Before him are Crates of Thebes (-365), Timon of Phlius (-320), Euclid of Megara (-435), Archelaus (-500), Cleobulus (-590), and Eudemus of Rhodes (-370). After him are Stilpo (-359), Plutarch of Athens (350), Nicos Poulantzas (1936), Anaxarchus (-380), Aeschines of Sphettus (-430), and Polemon (-400).
365 BC - 285 BC
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 30
320 BC - 230 BC
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 31
435 BC - 365 BC
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 32
500 BC - 430 BC
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 33
590 BC - 510 BC
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 34
370 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 35
401 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 36
359 BC - 279 BC
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 37
350 - 431
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 38
1936 - 1979
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 39
380 BC - 320 BC
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 40
430 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 41
400 BC - 270 BC
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 42