PHILOSOPHER

Phaedo of Elis

401 BC - 400 BC

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Phaedo of Elis (; also, Phaedon; Ancient 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 137,941 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Phaedo of Elis is the 409th most popular philosopher (up from 455th in 2019), the 242nd most popular biography from Greece (up from 274th 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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  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Phaedo of Elis ranks 409 out of 1,267. Before him are Leszek Kołakowski, Christian Thomasius, Eubulides, Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, Brunetto Latini, and Peter Sloterdijk. After him are Franciscus Patricius, Franz Rosenzweig, Eudemus of Rhodes, Buddhaghosa, Siger of Brabant, and Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 401 BC, Phaedo of Elis ranks 3. Before him are Sun Bin, and Lysander. After him are Conon, Bian Que, and Clearchus of Sparta. Among people deceased in 400 BC, Phaedo of Elis ranks 9. Before him are Ctesias, Thaïs, Zeuxis, Teos of Egypt, Leochares, and Eubulides. After him are Parysatis, Alcamenes, Oxyartes, Crateuas of Macedon, Cephisodotus the Elder, and Nausiphanes.

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    Sun Bin

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    401 BC - 316 BC

    HPI: 70.56

    Rank: 1

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    Lysander

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    401 BC - 395 BC

    HPI: 70.47

    Rank: 2

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    Phaedo of Elis

    PHILOSOPHER

    401 BC - 400 BC

    HPI: 66.92

    Rank: 3

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    Conon

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    401 BC - 390 BC

    HPI: 65.71

    Rank: 4

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    Bian Que

    PHYSICIAN

    401 BC - 310 BC

    HPI: 62.86

    Rank: 5

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    Clearchus of Sparta

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    401 BC - 401 BC

    HPI: 61.14

    Rank: 6

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Phaedo of Elis ranks 242 out of 1,024. Before him are Alexander I of Epirus (-362), Alexandra of Yugoslavia (1921), Timon of Phlius (-320), Antiochus XI Epiphanes (-115), Konstantinos Stephanopoulos (1926), and Andreas Palaiologos (1453). After him are Eudemus of Rhodes (-370), Theodore Stratelates (281), Katerina Sakellaropoulou (1956), Hypereides (-390), Memnon of Rhodes (-380), and Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark (1905).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Phaedo of Elis ranks 36. Before him are Aenesidemus (-80), Hipparchia of Maroneia (-350), Stilpo (-359), Plutarch of Athens (350), Archelaus (-500), and Timon of Phlius (-320). After him are Eudemus of Rhodes (-370), Aristo of Chios (-300), Anaxarchus (-380), Philo of Larissa (-145), Polemon (-400), and Crates of Athens (-400).

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