PHILOSOPHER
Zeno of Citium
334 BC - 263 BC
Zeno of Citium
Zeno of Citium (; Greek: Ζήνων ὁ Κιτιεύς, Zēnōn ho Kitieus; c. 334 – c. 262 BC) was a Hellenistic philosopher of Phoenician origin from Citium (Κίτιον, Kition), Cyprus. Zeno 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 779,120 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Zeno of Citium is the 78th most popular philosopher (up from 81st in 2019), the most popular biography from Cyprus and the most popular Cypriot Philosopher.
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61
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11.09
Effective Languages (L*)
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Among PHILOSOPHERS
Among philosophers, Zeno of Citium ranks 78 out of 1,089. Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, Jeremy Bentham, Anaxagoras, Roger Bacon, Claude Lévi-Strauss, and Epictetus. After him are Xenophanes, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Nicholas of Cusa, Boethius, Walter Benjamin, and Mencius.
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Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
1775 - 1854
HPI: 81.86
Rank: 72
Jeremy Bentham
1748 - 1832
HPI: 81.76
Rank: 73
Anaxagoras
500 BC - 428 BC
HPI: 81.75
Rank: 74
Roger Bacon
1220 - 1292
HPI: 81.70
Rank: 75
Claude Lévi-Strauss
1908 - 2009
HPI: 81.65
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Epictetus
50 - 135
HPI: 81.57
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Zeno of Citium
334 BC - 263 BC
HPI: 81.53
Rank: 78
Xenophanes
570 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 81.49
Rank: 79
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
1463 - 1494
HPI: 81.48
Rank: 80
Nicholas of Cusa
1401 - 1464
HPI: 81.46
Rank: 81
Boethius
480 - 525
HPI: 81.24
Rank: 82
Walter Benjamin
1892 - 1940
HPI: 80.97
Rank: 83
Mencius
372 BC - 289 BC
HPI: 80.97
Rank: 84
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 57. After him are Barnabas (1), Theodora (500), Ptolemy XII Auletes (-117), Makarios III (1913), Nicos Anastasiades (1946), Saint Spyridon (270), Rauf Denktaş (1924), Demetris Christofias (1946), Michael Cacoyannis (1922), Tassos Papadopoulos (1934), and Mustafa Akıncı (1947).
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Go to all RankingsZeno of Citium
334 BC - 263 BC
HPI: 81.53
Rank: 1
Barnabas
1 - 61
HPI: 80.90
Rank: 2
Theodora
500 - 548
HPI: 79.64
Rank: 3
Ptolemy XII Auletes
117 BC - 51 BC
HPI: 76.75
Rank: 4
Makarios III
1913 - 1977
HPI: 74.95
Rank: 5
Nicos Anastasiades
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 6
Saint Spyridon
270 - 348
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 7
Rauf Denktaş
1924 - 2012
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 8
Demetris Christofias
1946 - 2019
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 9
Michael Cacoyannis
1922 - 2011
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 10
Tassos Papadopoulos
1934 - 2008
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 11
Mustafa Akıncı
1947 - Present
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 12
Among PHILOSOPHERS In Cyprus
Among philosophers born in Cyprus, Zeno of Citium ranks 1.
