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PHILOSOPHER

Xenophanes

570 BC - 475 BC

Xenophanes

Xenophanes of Colophon ( zə-NOF-ə-neez; Ancient Greek: Ξενοφάνης ὁ Κολοφώνιος [ksenopʰánɛːs ho kolopʰɔ̌ːnios]; c. 570 – c. 478 BC) was a Greek philosopher, theologian, poet, and critic of Homer from Ionia who travelled throughout the Greek-speaking world in early Classical Antiquity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Xenophanes has received more than 579,707 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). Xenophanes is the 74th most popular philosopher (up from 79th in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Turkey (down from 47th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Turkish Philosopher.

Xenophanes was a pre-Socratic philosopher who is most famous for his denial of the existence of the Greek gods.

Memorability Metrics

580k
Page Views (PV)
76.12
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
69
Languages Editions (L)
13.78
Effective Languages (L*)
2.75
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Xenophanes ranks 74 out of 1,081. Before him are Antonio Gramsci, Karl Jaspers, Rudolf Steiner, Ramakrishna, Epictetus, and William of Ockham. After him are Jürgen Habermas, Ibn Arabi, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, Jeremy Bentham, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, and Claude Lévi-Strauss.

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Antonio Gramsci
1891 - 1937
HPI: 76.84
Rank: 68
Karl Jaspers
1883 - 1969
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 69
Rudolf Steiner
1861 - 1925
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 70
Ramakrishna
1836 - 1886
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 71
Epictetus
50 - 135
HPI: 76.38
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William of Ockham
1285 - 1347
HPI: 76.35
Rank: 73
Xenophanes
570 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 76.12
Rank: 74
Jürgen Habermas
1929 - Present
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 75
Ibn Arabi
1165 - 1240
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 76
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
1775 - 1854
HPI: 75.94
Rank: 77
Jeremy Bentham
1748 - 1832
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 78
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
1463 - 1494
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 79
Claude Lévi-Strauss
1908 - 2009
HPI: 75.47
Rank: 80

Contemporaries

Among people born in 570 BC, Xenophanes ranks 2. Before him is Pythagoras. After him are Anacreon, Theognis of Megara, and Hystaspes. Among people deceased in 475 BC, Xenophanes ranks 2. Before him is Xerxes I. After him is Atossa.