PHILOSOPHER

Ammonius Hermiae

440 - 523

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Ammonius Hermiae (; Ancient Greek: Ἀμμώνιος ὁ Ἑρμείου, romanized: Ammōnios ho Hermeiou, lit. 'Ammonius, son of Hermias'; c. 440 – between 517 and 526) was a Greek philosopher from Alexandria in the eastern Roman empire during Late Antiquity. A Neoplatonist, he was the son of the philosophers Hermias and Aedesia, the brother of Heliodorus of Alexandria and the grandson of Syrianus. Ammonius was a pupil of Proclus in Roman Athens, and taught at Alexandria for most of his life, having obtained a public chair in the 470s. According to Olympiodorus of Thebes's Commentaries on Plato's Gorgias and Phaedo texts, Ammonius gave lectures on the works of Plato, Aristotle, and Porphyry of Tyre, and wrote commentaries on Aristotelian works and three lost commentaries on Platonic texts. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ammonius Hermiae is the 541st most popular philosopher (up from 552nd in 2019), the 250th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 253rd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Egyptian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Ammonius Hermiae ranks 541 out of 1,267. Before him are Myia, Charles W. Morris, Marpa Lotsawa, Crates of Athens, Jan Patočka, and Annemarie Schimmel. After him are Salomon Maimon, Luis de Molina, Albert of Saxony, Karl Leonhard Reinhold, P. D. Ouspensky, and Gersonides.

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Among people born in 440, Ammonius Hermiae ranks 4. Before him are Pope Felix III, Childeric I, and Euric. After him are Vakhtang I of Iberia, Shushanik, Emperor Wu of Southern Qi, and Philoxenus of Mabbug. Among people deceased in 523, Ammonius Hermiae ranks 3. Before him are Pope Hormisdas, and Thrasamund. After him are Muryeong of Baekje, Euphemia, Dhu Nuwas, and Philoxenus of Mabbug.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Ammonius Hermiae ranks 250 out of 642. Before him are Nahshon (null), Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria (444), Iry-Hor (-3101), Jehan Sadat (1933), Bintanath (-1300), and Neferirkare Kakai (-2483). After him are Mariamne (-100), Mary the Jewess (100), Takelot II (-900), Neferneferure (-1400), Ahmed Shafik (1941), and Didymus the Blind (313).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Egypt

Among philosophers born in Egypt, Ammonius Hermiae ranks 12. Before him are Muhammad Abduh (1849), Ammonius Saccas (175), John Philoponus (490), Saadia Gaon (882), Dhul-Nun al-Misri (796), and Valentinus (100). After him are Syrianus (400), Olympiodorus the Younger (495), Hermias (401), Ahmad al-Tayyeb (1946), Nasr Abu Zayd (1943), and Isaac Israeli ben Solomon (832).

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