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PHILOSOPHER

Stilpo

359 BC - 279 BC

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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stilpo has received more than 66,742 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Stilpo is the 466th most popular philosopher (down from 407th in 2019), the 278th most popular biography from Greece (down from 237th in 2019) and the 37th 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.

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  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Stilpo ranks 466 out of 1,081. Before him are Pierre Duhem, Dhul-Nun al-Misri, Leo Strauss, George Pachymeres, John Toland, and Shantideva. After him are Dicaearchus, Roger Scruton, Rodolphus Agricola, Marcus Cornelius Fronto, Vittorino da Feltre, and Alasdair MacIntyre.

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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 278 out of 936. Before him are Andreas Palaiologos (1453), Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark (1903), Phaedo of Elis (-401), Andocides (-440), Pausanias of Sparta (null), and Constantine Kanaris (1793). After him are Konstantinos Mitsotakis (1918), Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906), Timoleon (-411), Cypselus (-700), Antiochus VIII Grypus (-141), and Georgios Papandreou (1888).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Stilpo ranks 37. Before him are Timon of Phlius (-320), Euclid of Megara (-435), Archelaus (-500), Cleobulus (-590), Eudemus of Rhodes (-370), and Phaedo of Elis (-401). After him are Plutarch of Athens (350), Nicos Poulantzas (1936), Anaxarchus (-380), Aeschines of Sphettus (-430), Polemon (-400), and Philo of Larissa (-145).

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