PHILOSOPHER

Plutarch

46 - 127

Plutarch

Plutarch (; Greek: Πλούταρχος, Ploútarkhos; Koine Greek: [ˈplutarkʰos]; AD 46–after 119) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo. He is known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia.. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Plutarch has received more than 1,798,785 page views. His biography is available in 92 different languages on Wikipedia making him the 38th most popular philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 80.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 92

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Plutarch ranks 36 out of 1,005. Before him are Søren Kierkegaard, Martin Heidegger, David Hume, Sun Tzu, Diogenes, and Democritus. After him are Auguste Comte, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Thomas More, Michel Foucault, Maria Montessori, and Al-Farabi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 46, Plutarch ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 127, Plutarch ranks 1. 

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Plutarch ranks 17 out of 698. Before him are Pericles (-494), El Greco (1541), Aeschylus (-525), Philip II of Macedon (-382), Aristophanes (-448), and Democritus (-460). After him are Thucydides (-460), Sappho (-630), Kösem Sultan (1590), Bayezid II (1447), Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921), and Phidias (-490).

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