PHILOSOPHER

Stilpo

359 BC - 279 BC

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Stilpo or Stilpon (Ancient Greek: Στίλπων, Stílpōn; c. 360 – c. 280 BC), in Latin sources also Stilbo or Stilbon, was a Greek philosopher of the Megarian school. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stilpo has received more than 72,414 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Stilpo is the 363rd most popular philosopher (up from 466th in 2019), the 207th most popular biography from Greece (up from 278th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Greek Philosopher.

Stilpo is most famous for his paradoxes. One of the most famous paradoxes is the following: "I am lying." If the sentence is true, then it is false. If the sentence is false, then it is true.

Memorability Metrics

  • 72k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Stilpo ranks 363 out of 1,267. Before him are Edward de Bono, Macrobius, Wilhelm Windelband, Han Yu, Pompeia Plotina, and Nachmanides. After him are Alexandre Koyré, René Girard, Alexandre Kojève, Ban Zhao, John Searle, and Nasir Khusraw.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 359 BC, Stilpo ranks 2. Before him is Philip III of Macedon.  Among people deceased in 279 BC, Stilpo ranks 2. Before him is Ptolemy Keraunos. After him are Brennus, Meleager, Antipater Etesias, and Publius Decius Mus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Stilpo ranks 207 out of 1,024. Before him are Calchas (null), Caranus of Macedon (-900), Prince George of Greece and Denmark (1869), Gotse Delchev (1872), Philostratus (170), and Cleomenes III (-260). After him are Thessalonike of Macedon (-352), Andreas Papandreou (1919), Prokopis Pavlopoulos (1950), Antiochus V Eupator (-173), Demaratus (-600), and Agis IV (-265).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Stilpo ranks 32. Before him are Pherecydes of Syros (-580), Euclid of Megara (-435), Cleobulus (-590), Crates of Thebes (-365), Aenesidemus (-80), and Hipparchia of Maroneia (-350). After him are Plutarch of Athens (350), Archelaus (-500), Timon of Phlius (-320), Phaedo of Elis (-401), Eudemus of Rhodes (-370), and Aristo of Chios (-300).

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