370 - 413
Synesius (; Greek: Συνέσιος; c. 373 – c. 414), was a Greek bishop of Ptolemais in ancient Libya, a part of the Western Pentapolis of Cyrenaica after 410. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Synesius has received more than 130,072 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Synesius is the 311th most popular philosopher (up from 492nd in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Libya (up from 284th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Libyan Philosopher.
Synesius was a bishop of Ptolemais in the late 4th century. He is most famous for his work "On Providence" which he wrote in 374 AD.
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Among philosophers, Synesius ranks 311 out of 1,089. Before him are Paramahansa Yogananda, Nicolai Hartmann, Hilary Putnam, Theano, Andronicus of Rhodes, and David Strauss. After him are Sebastian Brant, Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, Alexander of Aphrodisias, and Elena Cornaro Piscopia.
1893 - 1952
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 305
1882 - 1950
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 306
1926 - 2016
HPI: 72.20
Rank: 307
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 72.15
Rank: 308
100 BC - 60 BC
HPI: 72.12
Rank: 309
1808 - 1874
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 310
370 - 413
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 311
1458 - 1521
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 312
1857 - 1939
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 313
1855 - 1927
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 314
1743 - 1819
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 315
200 - 215
HPI: 71.98
Rank: 316
1646 - 1684
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 317
Among people born in 370, Synesius ranks 5. Before him are Pope Boniface I, Constantius III, Pharamond, and Claudian. After him are Macrobius, Sigeric, Isidore of Pelusium, and Atticus of Constantinople. Among people deceased in 413, Synesius ranks 3. Before him are Gwanggaeto the Great and Kumārajīva. After him are Prudentius and Jovinus.
370 - 422
HPI: 77.46
Rank: 1
370 - 421
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 2
370 - 427
HPI: 74.21
Rank: 3
370 - 404
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 4
370 - 413
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 5
370 - 430
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 6
370 - 415
HPI: 69.88
Rank: 7
370 - 440
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 8
370 - 425
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 9
374 - 413
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 1
343 - 413
HPI: 72.98
Rank: 2
370 - 413
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 3
348 - 413
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 4
310 - 413
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 5
Among people born in Libya, Synesius ranks 15 out of 59. Before him are Idris of Libya (1889), Omar Mukhtar (1858), Khalifa Haftar (1943), Pope Victor I (100), Carneades (-214), and Berenice II of Egypt (-267). After him are Lorenzo Bandini (1935), Theodorus of Cyrene (-465), Rossana Podestà (1934), Hegesias of Cyrene (-400), Domitilla the Elder (50), and Fayez al-Sarraj (1960).
1889 - 1983
HPI: 76.13
Rank: 9
1858 - 1931
HPI: 75.62
Rank: 10
1943 - Present
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 11
100 - 199
HPI: 75.11
Rank: 12
214 BC - 129 BC
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 13
267 BC - 221 BC
HPI: 72.60
Rank: 14
370 - 413
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 15
1935 - 1967
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 16
465 BC - 398 BC
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 17
1934 - 2013
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 18
400 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 19
50 - 1
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 20
1960 - Present
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 21
Among philosophers born in Libya, Synesius ranks 4. Before him are Arius (256), Aristippus (-434), and Carneades (-214). After him are Hegesias of Cyrene (-400), Arete of Cyrene (-400), Anniceris (-400), Lucius Annaeus Cornutus (10), and Theodorus the Atheist (-340).
256 - 336
HPI: 82.49
Rank: 1
434 BC - 355 BC
HPI: 79.22
Rank: 2
214 BC - 129 BC
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 3
370 - 413
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 4
400 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 5
400 BC - 340 BC
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 6
400 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 7
10 - 80
HPI: 65.12
Rank: 8
340 BC - 250 BC
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 9