PHILOSOPHER

Polemon

400 BC - 270 BC

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Polemon (Ancient Greek: Πολέμων, gen.: Πολέμωνος; d. 270/269 BC) of Athens was an eminent Greek Platonist philosopher and Plato's third successor as scholarch (i.e., head of the Academy) from 314/313 to 270/269 BC. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Polemon has received more than 37,016 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Polemon is the 534th most popular philosopher (up from 607th in 2019), the 317th most popular biography from Greece (up from 364th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Greek Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Polemon ranks 534 out of 1,267. Before him are Georg Henrik von Wright, Abraham Isaac Kook, Zhou Dunyi, Hippo, Hans Vaihinger, and Saul Kripke. After him are Émile Boirac, Georges Canguilhem, Zeno of Sidon, Pietro d'Abano, Paul Grice, and Karl Korsch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 400 BC, Polemon ranks 27. Before him are Arete of Cyrene, Chares of Lindos, Hegesias of Cyrene, Dinocrates, Attalus, and Titus Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus. After him are Nepherites II, Crates of Athens, Zoilus, Campaspe, Apama, and King Nan of Zhou. Among people deceased in 270 BC, Polemon ranks 2. Before him is Arsinoe II. After him are Manius Curius Dentatus, and Alexis.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Polemon ranks 317 out of 1,024. Before him are Aristides of Athens (150), William of Villehardouin (1300), Tiberius Claudius Narcissus (50), Xanthippus (-590), Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus (-200), and Konstantin Dejanović (1355). After him are Cleombrotus I (-500), Constantine Kanaris (1793), Peucestas (-390), Konstantinos Mitsotakis (1918), Machaon (null), and Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger (1062).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Polemon ranks 41. Before him are Timon of Phlius (-320), Phaedo of Elis (-401), Eudemus of Rhodes (-370), Aristo of Chios (-300), Anaxarchus (-380), and Philo of Larissa (-145). After him are Crates of Athens (-400), Nicos Poulantzas (1936), Zoilus (-400), Aeschines of Sphettus (-430), Cebes (-500), and Onesicritus (-360).

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