PHILOSOPHER

Valentinus

100 - 160

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Valentinus (; c. AD 100 – c. 180) was the best known and, for a time, most successful early Christian Gnostic theologian. He founded his school in Rome. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valentinus has received more than 29,579 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Valentinus is the 475th most popular philosopher (up from 491st in 2019), the 223rd most popular biography from Egypt (up from 225th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Egyptian Philosopher.

Valentinus was a Gnostic Christian who believed that Jesus was not divine, but rather a man who was born with the power of the spirit.

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  • 2.77

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Valentinus ranks 475 out of 1,267. Before him are Jean-Luc Nancy, Hans Reichenbach, Hasdai Crescas, Ravidas, P. D. Ouspensky, and Ernst Troeltsch. After him are Aristo of Chios, Jyotirao Phule, Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Willard Van Orman Quine, Arete of Cyrene, and Yan Hui.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 100, Valentinus ranks 26. Before him are Marcus Annius Verus, Philip the Evangelist, Agabus, Aretaeus of Cappadocia, Claudia Acte, and Domitia Longina. After him are Agrippa the Skeptic, Saint Sabina, Vologases III of Parthia, Simeon of Jerusalem, Marcus Cornelius Fronto, and Marinus of Tyre. Among people deceased in 160, Valentinus ranks 3. Before him are Marcion of Sinope, and Shimon bar Yochai. After him are Marcus Cornelius Fronto, and Quintus Lollius Urbicus.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Valentinus ranks 223 out of 642. Before him are Takelot II (-900), Amyrtaeus (-450), Iry-Hor (-3101), Neferirkare Kakai (-2483), Al-Muazzam Turanshah (1250), and Cosmas Indicopleustes (600). After him are Herihor (-1200), John Tristan, Count of Valois (1250), Yuya (-1500), Al-Mustansir Billah (1029), Sufi Abu Taleb (1925), and Ahmed Aboul Gheit (1942).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Egypt

Among philosophers born in Egypt, Valentinus ranks 12. Before him are Muhammad Abduh (1849), Ammonius Saccas (175), Saadia Gaon (882), John Philoponus (490), Olympiodorus the Younger (495), and Dhul-Nun al-Misri (796). After him are Ammonius Hermiae (440), Julius Pollux (200), Isaac Israeli ben Solomon (832), Syrianus (400), Nasr Abu Zayd (1943), and Ahmad al-Tayyeb (1946).

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