PHILOSOPHER

Thrasymachus

459 BC - 399 BC

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Thrasymachus (; Greek: Θρασύμαχος Thrasýmachos; c. 459 – c. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thrasymachus has received more than 341,115 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Thrasymachus is the 334th most popular philosopher (down from 315th in 2019), the 275th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 304th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Turkish Philosopher.

Thrasymachus is most famous for his argument that justice is the interest of the stronger.

Memorability Metrics

  • 340k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Thrasymachus ranks 334 out of 1,267. Before him are Johann Georg Hamann, Hermann Cohen, Edgar Morin, Wang Yangming, Justus Lipsius, and Asanga. After him are Elena Cornaro Piscopia, A. S. Neill, Lev Shestov, Anne Sullivan, David Strauss, and Guan Zhong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 459 BC, Thrasymachus ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 399 BC, Thrasymachus ranks 3. Before him are Socrates, and Hippias. After him are Archelaus I of Macedon, and Amyrtaeus.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Thrasymachus ranks 275 out of 1,347. Before him are Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha (1635), Antipas of Pergamum (100), Libanius (314), Gülbahar Hatun (1429), Süleyman Çelebi (1377), and Aristagoras (-600). After him are Hümaşah Sultan (1540), Euphemia (289), Tribonian (475), Gevherhan Sultan (1605), Dio Chrysostom (40), and Ptolemy Philadelphus (-36).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Türkiye

Among philosophers born in Türkiye, Thrasymachus ranks 24. Before him are Cleanthes (-330), Michael Psellos (1018), Heraclides Ponticus (-385), Priscus (410), Alexander of Aphrodisias (200), and Gemistus Pletho (1355). After him are Strato of Lampsacus (-335), Nicephorus Gregoras (1295), Gennadius Scholarius (1400), Eubulides (-500), George Pachymeres (1242), and Themistius (317).

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