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PHILOSOPHER

Speusippus

407 BC - 339 BC

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Speusippus (; Greek: Σπεύσιππος; c. 408 – 339/8 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher. Speusippus was Plato's nephew by his sister Potone. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Speusippus has received more than 143,553 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Speusippus is the 306th most popular philosopher (down from 255th in 2019), the 179th most popular biography from Greece (down from 146th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Greek Philosopher.

Speusippus was most famous for his work in mathematics and philosophy. He was the head of Plato's Academy after Plato's death.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Speusippus ranks 306 out of 1,081. Before him are Miskawayh, Abraham ibn Ezra, Anne Sullivan, Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi, Asanga, and Hilary Putnam. After him are Jacobus Arminius, Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, Ammonius Saccas, Justus Lipsius, Sebastian Brant, and Isaac Abarbanel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 407 BC, Speusippus ranks 1. After him is Eurydice I of Macedon. Among people deceased in 339 BC, Speusippus ranks 1. After him is Ateas.

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    Speusippus

    407 BC - 339 BC

    HPI: 63.60

    Rank: 1

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    Ateas

    420 BC - 339 BC

    HPI: 54.63

    Rank: 2

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Speusippus ranks 179 out of 936. Before him are Periander (-700), Antigonus II Gonatas (-319), Cleomenes III (-260), Konstantinos Karamanlis (1907), Ephialtes (-590), and Brasidas (-500). After him are Admetus (null), Theopompus (-400), Archidamus II (-450), Calchas (null), Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark (1911), and Aenesidemus (-80).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Speusippus ranks 28. Before him are Apollodorus of Athens (-180), Prodicus (-460), Andronicus of Rhodes (-100), Pherecydes of Syros (-580), Panaetius (-185), and Hipparchia of Maroneia (-350). After him are Aenesidemus (-80), Crates of Thebes (-365), Timon of Phlius (-320), Euclid of Megara (-435), Archelaus (-500), and Cleobulus (-590).

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