PHILOSOPHER

Xenocrates

396 BC - 314 BC

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Xenocrates (; Greek: Ξενοκράτης; c. 396/5 – 314/3 BC) of Chalcedon was a Greek philosopher, mathematician, and leader (scholarch) of the Platonic Academy from 339/8 to 314/3 BC. His teachings followed those of Plato, which he attempted to define more closely, often with mathematical elements. He distinguished three forms of being: the sensible, the intelligible, and a third compounded of the two, to which correspond respectively, sense, intellect and opinion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Xenocrates has received more than 233,945 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Xenocrates is the 233rd most popular philosopher (up from 265th in 2019), the 200th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 248th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Turkish Philosopher.

Xenocrates is most famous for his work on the Pythagorean theorem.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Xenocrates ranks 233 out of 1,267. Before him are Benjamin Constant, Al-Jahiz, Arcesilaus, Carneades, Roger Garaudy, and Prodicus. After him are Judah Loew ben Bezalel, Cleanthes, Giorgio Agamben, Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Chilon of Sparta, and Apollodorus of Athens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 396 BC, Xenocrates ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 314 BC, Xenocrates ranks 1. After him is Aeschines.

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    Xenocrates

    PHILOSOPHER

    396 BC - 314 BC

    HPI: 66.75

    Rank: 1

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Others Deceased in 314 BC

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    Xenocrates

    PHILOSOPHER

    396 BC - 314 BC

    HPI: 66.75

    Rank: 1

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    Aeschines

    POLITICIAN

    389 BC - 314 BC

    HPI: 65.01

    Rank: 2

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Xenocrates ranks 200 out of 1,347. Before him are Zoë Porphyrogenita (978), Giorgos Seferis (1900), Cemal Gürsel (1895), Ahmet Necdet Sezer (1941), Arcesilaus (-315), and Romanos II (938). After him are Cleanthes (-330), Ali ibn al-Athir (1160), Saint Timothy (17), Nikephoros III Botaneiates (1002), Sultan Cem (1459), and Theophanu (960).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Türkiye

Among philosophers born in Türkiye, Xenocrates ranks 17. Before him are Anaximenes of Miletus (-585), Chrysippus (-281), Proclus (412), Apollonius of Tyana (15), Bias of Priene (-600), and Arcesilaus (-315). After him are Cleanthes (-330), Michael Psellos (1018), Heraclides Ponticus (-385), Priscus (410), Alexander of Aphrodisias (200), and Gemistus Pletho (1355).

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