PHILOSOPHER

Timon of Phlius

320 BC - 230 BC

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Timon of Phlius ( TY-mən; Ancient Greek: Τίμων ὁ Φλιάσιος, romanized: Tímōn ho Phliásios, gen. Τίμωνος, Tímōnos; c. 320 BC – c. 235 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher from the Hellenistic period, who was the student of Pyrrho. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Timon of Phlius has received more than 101,203 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Timon of Phlius is the 401st most popular philosopher (down from 328th in 2019), the 238th most popular biography from Greece (down from 192nd in 2019) and the 35th most popular Greek Philosopher.

Timon of Phlius was a philosopher who lived in the 4th century BC. He was most famous for his cynicism and misanthropy.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Timon of Phlius ranks 401 out of 1,267. Before him are Kapila, Étienne Cabet, Boetius of Dacia, Ahmad Sirhindi, Henri-Frédéric Amiel, and Archelaus. After him are Chantal Mouffe, Leszek Kołakowski, Christian Thomasius, Eubulides, Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, and Brunetto Latini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 320 BC, Timon of Phlius ranks 2. Before him is Bindusara. After him are Lycophron, Meleager, Asclepiades of Samos, Timocharis, Colotes, Leonidas of Tarentum, and Craterus. Among people deceased in 230 BC, Timon of Phlius ranks 2. Before him is Aristarchus of Samos. After him are Diodotus I, and Agron.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Timon of Phlius ranks 238 out of 1,024. Before him are Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770), Corinna (-501), Gazi Husrev-beg (1480), Archelaus (-500), Alexander I of Epirus (-362), and Alexandra of Yugoslavia (1921). After him are Antiochus XI Epiphanes (-115), Konstantinos Stephanopoulos (1926), Andreas Palaiologos (1453), Phaedo of Elis (-401), Eudemus of Rhodes (-370), and Theodore Stratelates (281).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Timon of Phlius ranks 35. Before him are Crates of Thebes (-365), Aenesidemus (-80), Hipparchia of Maroneia (-350), Stilpo (-359), Plutarch of Athens (350), and Archelaus (-500). After him are Phaedo of Elis (-401), Eudemus of Rhodes (-370), Aristo of Chios (-300), Anaxarchus (-380), Philo of Larissa (-145), and Polemon (-400).

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