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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 93,851 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Timon of Phlius is the 328th most popular philosopher (up from 358th in 2019), the 192nd most popular biography from Greece (up from 209th in 2019) and the 31st 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 328 out of 1,081. Before him are David Strauss, Moritz Schlick, Henri Lefebvre, Mazdak, Ramanuja, and Crates of Thebes. After him are Otto Neurath, Peter Singer, Bruno Latour, Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Hwang Jini, and Francisco de Vitoria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 320 BC, Timon of Phlius ranks 1. After him are Bindusara, 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 192 out of 936. Before him are Exekias (-501), Athenagoras of Athens (133), Aelia Eudocia (401), Cecrops I (null), Agathias (536), and Crates of Thebes (-365). After him are Telamon (null), Nearchus (-356), Nabis (-300), Theophano (941), Gotse Delchev (1872), and Idomeneus of Crete (null).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Timon of Phlius ranks 31. Before him are Pherecydes of Syros (-580), Panaetius (-185), Hipparchia of Maroneia (-350), Speusippus (-407), Aenesidemus (-80), and Crates of Thebes (-365). After him are Euclid of Megara (-435), Archelaus (-500), Cleobulus (-590), Eudemus of Rhodes (-370), Phaedo of Elis (-401), and Stilpo (-359).

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