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Socrates

470 BC - 399 BC

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Socrates (; Greek: Σωκράτης; c. 470–399 BC) was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as the founder of Western philosophy and among the first moral philosophers of the ethical tradition of thought. An enigmatic figure, Socrates authored no texts and is known mainly through the posthumous accounts of classical writers, particularly his students Plato and Xenophon. These accounts are written as dialogues, in which Socrates and his interlocutors examine a subject in the style of question and answer; they gave rise to the Socratic dialogue literary genre. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Socrates has received more than 17,693,288 page views. His biography is available in 184 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 180 in 2019). Socrates is the 3rd most popular philosopher, the 4th most popular biography from Greece and the 3rd most popular Greek Philosopher.

Socrates is most famous for his contribution to the field of philosophy. He is often considered the father of Western philosophy.

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  • 94.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 184

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 19.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Socrates ranks 3 out of 1,081. Before him are Aristotle and Plato. After him are Confucius, Pythagoras, René Descartes, Gautama Buddha, Immanuel Kant, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Avicenna, John Locke, and Niccolò Machiavelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 470 BC, Socrates ranks 1. After him are Aspasia, Mozi, Philolaus, Melissus of Samos, Callicrates, Hippocrates of Chios, Achilles Painter, and Teres I. Among people deceased in 399 BC, Socrates ranks 1. After him are Hippias, Thrasymachus, Archelaus I of Macedon, and Amyrtaeus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Socrates ranks 4 out of 936. Before him are Aristotle (-384), Plato (-427), and Alexander the Great (-356). After him are Homer (-800), Pythagoras (-570), Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881), Hippocrates (-460), Sophocles (-497), Democritus (-460), Epicurus (-341), and Pericles (-494).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Socrates ranks 3. Before him are Aristotle (-384) and Plato (-427). After him are Pythagoras (-570), Democritus (-460), Epicurus (-341), Protagoras (-486), Plutarch (46), Gorgias (-483), Leucippus (-500), Theophrastus (-371), and Pyrrho (-365).

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