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Anacharsis

700 BC - 600 BC

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Anacharsis (; Ancient Greek: Ἀνάχαρσις, romanized: Anakharsis) was a Scythian prince and philosopher of uncertain historicity who lived in the 6th century BC. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anacharsis is the 306th most popular philosopher (down from 256th in 2019), the 91st most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 82nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Ukrainian Philosopher.

Anacharsis was a Scythian philosopher who traveled to Greece and introduced many Greek customs and ideas to the Scythians.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Anacharsis ranks 306 out of 1,267Before him are Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Otto Weininger, Guy Debord, Arnaldus de Villa Nova, Celsus, and Lev Shestov. After him are Chilon of Sparta, Synesius, Roscellinus, Georges Sorel, Henri Lefebvre, and Elena Cornaro Piscopia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 700 BC, Anacharsis ranks 12Before him are Psamtik I, Cyaxares, Amasis II, Jeconiah, Ashur-etil-ilani, and Tyrtaeus. After him are Phalaris, Necho I, Periander, Psamtik II, Cypselus, and Sin-shumu-lishir. Among people deceased in 600 BC, Anacharsis ranks 10Before him are Maya, Belshazzar, Habakkuk, Astyages, Theano, and Epimenides. After him are Phalaris, Alcetas I of Macedon, Ibycus, Sushruta, Mimnermus, and Cleisthenes of Sicyon.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Anacharsis ranks 91 out of 1,365Before him are Karol Szymanowski (1882), Bruno Schulz (1892), Ze'ev Jabotinsky (1880), Andrzej Żuławski (1940), Oleg Blokhin (1952), and Lev Shestov (1866). After him are Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (1884), Karl Radek (1885), Daniel of Galicia (1201), Clarice Lispector (1920), Andriy Shevchenko (1976), and Reinhold Glière (1874).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Ukraine

Among philosophers born in Ukraine, Anacharsis ranks 3Before him are Nikolai Berdyaev (1874), and Lev Shestov (1866). After him are Bion of Borysthenes (-325), Theophan Prokopovich (1681), Zalmoxis (-713), Alexius Meinong (1853), Mykhailo Drahomanov (1841), Yuriy Drohobych (1450), Hugo Kołłątaj (1750), Georges Florovsky (1893), and Ber Borochov (1881).