160 - 210
Sextus Empiricus (Greek: Σέξτος Ἐμπειρικός, Sextos Empeiricos; 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 573,336 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Sextus Empiricus is the 185th most popular philosopher (down from 181st in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 62nd in 2019) and the 6th 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, Sextus Empiricus ranks 185 out of 1,081. Before him are Emmanuel Levinas, Posidonius, Hippasus, Han Fei, Jakob Böhme, and Muhammad Abduh. After him are Athanasius Kircher, Melissus of Samos, Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Ernest Renan, Pierre Bayle, and John Scotus Eriugena.
1906 - 1995
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 179
135 BC - 51 BC
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 180
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 181
280 BC - 232 BC
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 182
1575 - 1624
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 183
1849 - 1905
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 184
160 - 210
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 185
1602 - 1680
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 186
470 BC - 430 BC
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 187
500 - 510
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 188
1823 - 1892
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 189
1647 - 1706
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 190
810 - 877
HPI: 68.78
Rank: 191
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.
160 - 210
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 1
160 - 217
HPI: 67.62
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160 - 240
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 3
Among people born in Egypt, Sextus Empiricus ranks 66 out of 582. Before him are Eli Cohen (1924), Ptolemy VI Philometor (-184), Cleopatra Selene II (-40), Saint Apollonia (110), Meritaten (-1400), and Muhammad Abduh (1849). After him are Shoshenq I (-1000), Sayyid Qutb (1906), Appian (95), Paul of Thebes (227), Saint Maurice (250), and Eric Hobsbawm (1917).
1924 - 1965
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 60
184 BC - 145 BC
HPI: 69.44
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40 BC - 5
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110 - 249
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 63
1400 BC - 1400 BC
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 64
1849 - 1905
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 65
160 - 210
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 66
1000 BC - 924 BC
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 67
1906 - 1966
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 68
95 - 165
HPI: 68.99
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227 - 342
HPI: 68.41
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250 - 287
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 71
1917 - 2012
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 72
Among philosophers born in Egypt, Sextus Empiricus ranks 6. Before him are Origen (185), Plotinus (203), Athanasius of Alexandria (295), Philo (-15), and Muhammad Abduh (1849). After him are Ammonius Saccas (175), John Philoponus (490), Saadia Gaon (882), Dhul-Nun al-Misri (796), Valentinus (100), and Ammonius Hermiae (440).
185 - 254
HPI: 80.17
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203 - 270
HPI: 78.80
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295 - 373
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 3
15 BC - 45
HPI: 73.19
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1849 - 1905
HPI: 69.20
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160 - 210
HPI: 69.13
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175 - 242
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 7
490 - 570
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 8
882 - 942
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 9
796 - 859
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 10
100 - 160
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 11
440 - 523
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 12