1225 - 1274
Thomas Aquinas, OP (; Italian: Tommaso d'Aquino, lit. 'Thomas of Aquino'; 1225 – 7 March 1274) was an Italian Dominican friar and priest who was an influential philosopher, theologian and jurist in the tradition of scholasticism; he is known within the tradition as the Doctor Angelicus, the Doctor Communis, and the Doctor Universalis. The name Aquinas identifies his ancestral origins in the county of Aquino in present-day Lazio, Italy. Among other things, he was a prominent proponent of natural theology and the father of a school of thought (encompassing both theology and philosophy) known as Thomism. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Aquinas has received more than 7,200,152 page views. His biography is available in 142 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 139 in 2019). Thomas Aquinas is the 17th most popular philosopher (down from 16th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Italy (up from 14th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Philosopher.
Thomas Aquinas is most famous for his work in the 13th century on the relationship between faith and reason.
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Among philosophers, Thomas Aquinas ranks 17 out of 1,081. Before him are John Locke, Niccolò Machiavelli, Friedrich Nietzsche, Francis Bacon, Augustine of Hippo, and Thales of Miletus. After him are Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Montesquieu, Thomas Hobbes, Democritus, Arthur Schopenhauer, and Epicurus.
1632 - 1704
HPI: 88.31
Rank: 11
1469 - 1527
HPI: 88.12
Rank: 12
1844 - 1900
HPI: 87.93
Rank: 13
1561 - 1626
HPI: 87.67
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354 - 430
HPI: 87.39
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623 BC - 546 BC
HPI: 87.23
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1225 - 1274
HPI: 87.11
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1770 - 1831
HPI: 85.96
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1689 - 1755
HPI: 85.71
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1588 - 1679
HPI: 84.85
Rank: 20
460 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 84.79
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1788 - 1860
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341 BC - 269 BC
HPI: 84.58
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Among people born in 1225, Thomas Aquinas ranks 1. After him are Pope Innocent V, Nicola Pisano, Isabelle of France, Gertrude of Hohenberg, David VI of Georgia, Bolesław the Pious, Coppo di Marcovaldo, Władysław Opolski, and John XI of Constantinople. Among people deceased in 1274, Thomas Aquinas ranks 1. After him are Bonaventure, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Henry I of Navarre, Robert de Sorbon, Emperor Duzong, Wonjong of Goryeo, and Prince Munetaka.
1225 - 1274
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1225 - 1276
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1225 - 1284
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1225 - 1270
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1225 - 1281
HPI: 56.58
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1225 - 1293
HPI: 56.07
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1225 - 1279
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1225 - 1276
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1225 - 1281
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1225 - 1297
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1225 - 1274
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1221 - 1274
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1201 - 1274
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1244 - 1274
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1201 - 1274
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1240 - 1274
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1219 - 1274
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1242 - 1274
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Among people born in Italy, Thomas Aquinas ranks 13 out of 4,668. Before him are Michelangelo (1475), Dante Alighieri (1265), Augustus (-63), Raphael (1483), Antonio Vivaldi (1678), and Niccolò Machiavelli (1469). After him are Benito Mussolini (1883), Giuseppe Verdi (1813), Cicero (-106), Virgil (-70), Commodus (161), and Giordano Bruno (1548).
1475 - 1564
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1265 - 1321
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63 BC - 14
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1483 - 1520
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1678 - 1741
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1469 - 1527
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1225 - 1274
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1883 - 1945
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1813 - 1901
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106 BC - 43 BC
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70 BC - 19 BC
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161 - 192
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1548 - 1600
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Among philosophers born in Italy, Thomas Aquinas ranks 2. Before him are Niccolò Machiavelli (1469). After him are Parmenides (-501), Maria Montessori (1870), Zeno of Elea (-490), Empedocles (-490), Lucretius (-94), Pliny the Elder (23), Antonio Gramsci (1891), Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463), Boethius (480), and Tommaso Campanella (1568).
1469 - 1527
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1225 - 1274
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501 BC - 470 BC
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1870 - 1952
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490 BC - 425 BC
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490 BC - 430 BC
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94 BC - 55 BC
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23 - 79
HPI: 77.31
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1891 - 1937
HPI: 76.84
Rank: 9
1463 - 1494
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 10
480 - 525
HPI: 74.92
Rank: 11
1568 - 1639
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 12