460 BC - 380 BC
Prodicus of Ceos (; Greek: Πρόδικος ὁ Κεῖος, Pródikos ho Keios; c. 465 BC – c. 395 BC) was a Greek philosopher, and part of the first generation of Sophists. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Prodicus has received more than 123,498 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Prodicus is the 285th most popular philosopher (up from 296th in 2019), the 159th most popular biography from Greece (up from 162nd in 2019) and the 24th most popular Greek Philosopher.
Prodicus was a sophist, and is most famous for his work in ethics. He believed that the individual is the measure of all things, and that the pursuit of virtue is the highest good.
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Among philosophers, Prodicus ranks 285 out of 1,089. Before him are Georges Sorel, Mazdak, Huineng, Robert Nozick, Abraham ibn Ezra, and Jacobus Arminius. After him are Ramana Maharshi, John Searle, Anne Sullivan, Alfred Tarski, Aśvaghoṣa, and Panaetius.
1847 - 1922
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 279
450 - 529
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 280
638 - 713
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 281
1938 - 2002
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 282
1089 - 1167
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 283
1560 - 1609
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 284
460 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 285
1879 - 1950
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 286
1932 - Present
HPI: 72.63
Rank: 287
1866 - 1936
HPI: 72.59
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1901 - 1983
HPI: 72.51
Rank: 289
80 - 150
HPI: 72.49
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185 BC - 110 BC
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 291
Among people born in 460 BC, Prodicus ranks 6. Before him are Hippocrates, Democritus, Thucydides, Critias, and Diogenes of Apollonia. After him is Verginia. Among people deceased in 380 BC, Prodicus ranks 2. Before him is Lysias. After him are Hakor, Agesipolis I, Nepherites II, and Philoxenus of Cythera.
460 BC - 370 BC
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460 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 86.38
Rank: 2
460 BC - 397 BC
HPI: 84.56
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460 BC - 403 BC
HPI: 76.51
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460 BC - Present
HPI: 76.04
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460 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 6
460 BC - 449 BC
HPI: 68.00
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445 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 74.82
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460 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 72.72
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390 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 67.39
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410 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 66.87
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400 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 66.28
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435 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 6
Among people born in Greece, Prodicus ranks 159 out of 855. Before him are Antipope Alexander V (1339), Pausanias (null), Nicias (-500), Cleomenes III (-260), Aeschines (-389), and Callisthenes (-360). After him are Periander (-700), Cleomenes I (-600), Meton of Athens (-500), Antonia Minor (-36), Hippocrates of Chios (-470), and Panaetius (-185).
1339 - 1410
HPI: 73.35
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HPI: 73.32
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500 BC - 413 BC
HPI: 72.92
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260 BC - 219 BC
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389 BC - 314 BC
HPI: 72.73
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360 BC - 327 BC
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460 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 72.72
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700 BC - 583 BC
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600 BC - 489 BC
HPI: 72.65
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500 BC - Present
HPI: 72.56
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36 BC - 37
HPI: 72.55
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470 BC - 410 BC
HPI: 72.50
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185 BC - 110 BC
HPI: 72.49
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Among philosophers born in Greece, Prodicus ranks 24. Before him are Diotima of Mantinea (-450), Chilon of Sparta (-600), Epimenides (-690), Cratylus (-500), Apollodorus of Athens (-180), and Speusippus (-407). After him are Panaetius (-185), Pherecydes of Syros (-580), Aenesidemus (-80), Andronicus of Rhodes (-100), Euclid of Megara (-435), and Crates of Thebes (-365).
450 BC - 300 BC
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600 BC - 520 BC
HPI: 74.63
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690 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 74.56
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500 BC - Present
HPI: 74.26
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180 BC - 110 BC
HPI: 73.86
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407 BC - 339 BC
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 23
460 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 72.72
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185 BC - 110 BC
HPI: 72.49
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580 BC - 520 BC
HPI: 72.45
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80 BC - 10 BC
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 27
100 BC - 60 BC
HPI: 72.12
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435 BC - 365 BC
HPI: 71.77
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365 BC - 285 BC
HPI: 71.36
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