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Sextus Empiricus

160 - 210

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Sextus Empiricus (Greek: Σέξτος Ἐμπειρικός, Sextos Empeirikos; fl. mid-late 2nd century AD) was a Greek Pyrrhonist philosopher and Empiric school physician with Roman citizenship. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sextus Empiricus has received more than 589,301 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Sextus Empiricus is the 162nd most popular philosopher (up from 185th in 2019), the 61st most popular biography from Egypt (up from 65th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Egyptian Philosopher.

Sextus Empiricus is most famous for his work "Outlines of Pyrrhonism." His work is a commentary on the teachings of Pyrrho of Elis, who was a skeptic philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Sextus Empiricus ranks 162 out of 1,267. Before him are Friedrich Schleiermacher, John Rawls, Ferdinand Tönnies, John Wycliffe, Hippias, and Chrysippus. After him are Kabir, Han Fei, Jean Buridan, Jean Baudrillard, Jiddu Krishnamurti, and Max Horkheimer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 160, Sextus Empiricus ranks 1. After him are Julia Domna, and Sextus Julius Africanus. Among people deceased in 210, Sextus Empiricus ranks 1. After him is Zhou Yu.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Sextus Empiricus ranks 61 out of 642. Before him are Fawzia Fuad of Egypt (1921), Shoshenq I (-1000), Ptolemy XIV of Egypt (-60), Cleopatra Selene II (-40), Hassan al-Banna (1906), and Sayyid Qutb (1906). After him are Djedefre (-2600), Appian (95), Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876), Ptolemy VIII Physcon (-182), Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (1954), and Apollonius of Rhodes (-295).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Egypt

Among philosophers born in Egypt, Sextus Empiricus ranks 5. Before him are Origen (185), Plotinus (203), Athanasius of Alexandria (295), and Philo (-15). After him are Muhammad Abduh (1849), Ammonius Saccas (175), Saadia Gaon (882), John Philoponus (490), Olympiodorus the Younger (495), Dhul-Nun al-Misri (796), and Valentinus (100).

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