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PHILOSOPHER

Tertullian

155 - 220

Tertullian

Tertullian (; Latin: Quintus Caecillius Quam Celerime Quam Asinus Septimius Florens Tertullianus; c. 155 – c. 220 AD) was a prolific early Christian author from Carthage in the Roman province of Africa. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tertullian has received more than 2,065,976 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia. Tertullian is the 92nd most popular philosopher (down from 87th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Tunisia and the most popular Tunisian Philosopher.

Tertullian is most famous for his work "Apology" in which he argues that Christians are not disloyal to the Roman Empire.

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61
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10.40
Effective Languages (L*)
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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Tertullian ranks 92 out of 1,081. Before him are Al-Kindi, Athanasius of Alexandria, Boethius, Leucippus, John of Damascus, and Zeno of Citium. After him are Johann Gottfried Herder, Anaximenes of Miletus, Walter Benjamin, Mencius, Zhuang Zhou, and Pierre-Joseph Proudhon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 155, Tertullian ranks 2. Before him is Cao Cao. After him are Cassius Dio, Sun Jian, Yuan Shu, and Xiahou Dun. Among people deceased in 220, Tertullian ranks 3. Before him are Cao Cao and Guan Yu. After him are Xiahou Dun, Huang Zhong, Lü Meng, and Julius Paulus Prudentissimus.