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PHILOSOPHER

Philo of Larissa

145 BC - 79 BC

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Philo of Larissa (Greek: Φίλων ὁ Λαρισσαῖος Philon ho Larissaios; 159/8–84/3 BC) was a Greek philosopher. It is very probable that his actual name was Philio - with a second iota. He was a pupil of Clitomachus, whom he succeeded as head of the Academy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philo of Larissa has received more than 88,247 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Philo of Larissa is the 624th most popular philosopher (up from 668th in 2019), the 373rd most popular biography from Greece (up from 397th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Greek Philosopher.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Philo of Larissa ranks 624 out of 1,081. Before him are Giles of Rome, Florian Znaniecki, Jean Hyppolite, Ernst Moritz Arndt, Al-Taftazani, and Bardaisan. After him are Manuel Chrysoloras, María Zambrano, Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, Ernst Nolte, Andreas Karlstadt, and Pierre Charron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 145 BC, Philo of Larissa ranks 2. Before him is Sima Qian.  Among people deceased in 79 BC, Philo of Larissa ranks 1. 

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Philo of Larissa ranks 373 out of 936. Before him are Miltiades the Elder (-600), Theopompus of Sparta (-800), Eupolis (-446), Agatharchus (-500), Gregory V of Constantinople (1745), and Ion of Chios (-490). After him are Telesilla (-500), Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (1906), Isaac Carasso (1874), Aristomenes (-700), Demades (-380), and Podalirius (null).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Philo of Larissa ranks 43. Before him are Stilpo (-359), Plutarch of Athens (350), Nicos Poulantzas (1936), Anaxarchus (-380), Aeschines of Sphettus (-430), and Polemon (-400). After him are Zoilus (-400), Aristo of Chios (-300), Hermarchus (-325), Asclepigenia (400), Hecataeus of Abdera (-400), and Onesicritus (-360).

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