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Phaenias of Eresus

400 BC - 360 BC

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Phaenias of Eresus (Ancient Greek: Φαινίας ὁ Ἐρέσιος, Phainias; also Phanias (Φανίας)) was a Greek philosopher from Lesbos, important as an immediate follower of and commentator on Aristotle. He came to Athens about 332 BCE, and joined his compatriot, Theophrastus, in the Peripatetic school. His writings on logic and science appear to have been commentaries or supplements to the works of Aristotle and Theophrastus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Phaenias of Eresus has received more than 26,463 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Phaenias of Eresus is the 956th most popular philosopher, the 594th most popular biography from Greece and the 58th most popular Greek Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Phaenias of Eresus ranks 956 out of 1,081. Before him are Camillo Berneri, Wilfrid Sellars, Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, Clémence Royer, Alfonso Reyes, and Dominicus Gundissalinus. After him are Susan George, Heymann Steinthal, Dimitri Kitsikis, Stanisław Staszic, Alexander Men, and Ecphantus the Pythagorean.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 400 BC, Phaenias of Eresus ranks 92. Before him are Amastrine, Orontes III, Agesipolis II, Erigyius, Laomedon of Mytilene, and Silanion. After him are Stasanor, Aristides of Thebes, Lucius Caecilius Metellus Denter, Idomeneus of Lampsacus, Metrocles, and Acrotatus II. Among people deceased in 360 BC, Phaenias of Eresus ranks 21. Before him are Lais of Hyccara, Quintus Hortensius, Timotheus of Miletus, Philitas of Cos, Laomedon of Mytilene, and Silanion. After him are Stasanor, Aristides of Thebes, Palaephatus, Philotas, Tlepolemus, and Lucius Aemilius Barbula.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Phaenias of Eresus ranks 594 out of 936. Before him are Laomedon of Mytilene (-400), Areus II (-262), Silanion (-400), Theodoros Zagorakis (1971), Philoxenus of Cythera (-435), and Tlepolemus (null). After him are Pheidon (-700), Dimitri Kitsikis (1935), Yorgos Lanthimos (1973), Louis Dumont (1911), Mohamed Sherif Pasha (1826), and Eurymedon (-450).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Phaenias of Eresus ranks 58. Before him are George of Trebizond (1395), Metrodorus of Chios (-500), Apollodorus the Epicurean (-150), Menedemus (-340), Arethas of Caesarea (860), and Cineas (-400). After him are Dimitri Kitsikis (1935), Metrocles (-400), Polemon of Athens (200), and Ion Dragoumis (1878).

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