PHILOSOPHER
Zeno of Citium
334 BC - 263 BC
Zeno of Citium
Zeno of Citium (; Koinē Greek: Ζήνων ὁ Κιτιεύς, Zēnōn ho Kitieus; c. 334 – c. 262 BC) was a Hellenistic philosopher from Citium (Κίτιον, Kition), Cyprus. He was the founder of the Stoic school of philosophy, which he taught in Athens from about 300 BC. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zeno of Citium has received more than 1,603,813 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia. Zeno of Citium is the 91st most popular philosopher (down from 78th in 2019), the most popular biography from Cyprus and the most popular Cypriot Philosopher.
Zeno of Citium is most famous for his paradoxes. One of these paradoxes is that of Achilles and the tortoise. Achilles is running a race with the tortoise, but the tortoise is given a head start. Zeno's paradox is that Achilles can never catch up to the tortoise because in order to do so, he must first reach the point where the tortoise was when he started running.
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Among PHILOSOPHERS
Among philosophers, Zeno of Citium ranks 91 out of 1,081. Before him are Carl von Clausewitz, Al-Kindi, Athanasius of Alexandria, Boethius, Leucippus, and John of Damascus. After him are Tertullian, Johann Gottfried Herder, Anaximenes of Miletus, Walter Benjamin, Mencius, and Zhuang Zhou.
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Contemporaries
Among people born in 334 BC, Zeno of Citium ranks 1. Among people deceased in 263 BC, Zeno of Citium ranks 1. After him is Philetaerus.
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In Cyprus
Among people born in Cyprus, Zeno of Citium ranks 1 out of 73. After him are Theodora (500), Ptolemy XII Auletes (-117), Makarios III (1913), Saint Spyridon (270), Nicos Anastasiades (1946), John the Merciful (550), Michael Cacoyannis (1922), Tassos Papadopoulos (1934), Rauf Denktaş (1924), Glafcos Clerides (1919), and Alparslan Türkeş (1917).
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Go to all RankingsZeno of Citium
334 BC - 263 BC
HPI: 74.66
Rank: 1
Theodora
500 - 548
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 2
Ptolemy XII Auletes
117 BC - 51 BC
HPI: 69.73
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Makarios III
1913 - 1977
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Rank: 4
Saint Spyridon
270 - 348
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Nicos Anastasiades
1946 - Present
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John the Merciful
550 - 619
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Michael Cacoyannis
1922 - 2011
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 8
Tassos Papadopoulos
1934 - 2008
HPI: 60.58
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Rauf Denktaş
1924 - 2012
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Glafcos Clerides
1919 - 2013
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Alparslan Türkeş
1917 - 1997
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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Cyprus
Among philosophers born in Cyprus, Zeno of Citium ranks 1. After him are Persaeus (-306).
