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Carneades

214 BC - 129 BC

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Carneades (; Greek: Καρνεάδης, Karneadēs, "of Carnea"; 214/3–129/8 BC) was a Greek philosopher, perhaps the most prominent head of the Skeptical Academy in Ancient Greece. He was born in Cyrene. By the year 159 BC, he had begun to attack many previous dogmatic doctrines, especially Stoicism and even the Epicureans, whom previous skeptics had spared. As scholarch (leader) of the Academy, he was one of three philosophers sent to Rome in 155 BC where his lectures on the uncertainty of justice caused consternation among leading politicians. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carneades is the 232nd most popular philosopher (down from 230th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Libya (down from 13th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Libyan Philosopher.

Carneades was most famous for his defense of the thesis that nothing can be known with certainty.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Carneades ranks 232 out of 1,267. Before him are Joseph de Maistre, Ernst Bloch, Gaston Bachelard, Benedetto Croce, Al-Ash'ari, and Iamblichus. After him are Marshall McLuhan, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, Paul Feyerabend, Nikolai Berdyaev, Giorgio Agamben, and Michael Psellos.

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Among people born in 214 BC, Carneades ranks 1. After him is Gaius Cassius Longinus. Among people deceased in 129 BC, Carneades ranks 1. After him are Scipio Aemilianus, Antiochus VII Sidetes, Eumenes III, and Antipater of Tarsus.

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In Libya

Among people born in Libya, Carneades ranks 14 out of 76. Before him are Callimachus (-310), Berenice II of Egypt (-267), Pope Victor I (100), Omar Mukhtar (1858), Idris of Libya (1889), and Khalifa Haftar (1943). After him are Synesius (370), Mustafa Abdul Jalil (1952), Hegesias of Cyrene (-400), Theodorus the Atheist (-340), Lorenzo Bandini (1935), and Theodorus of Cyrene (-465).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Libya

Among philosophers born in Libya, Carneades ranks 2. Before him are Aristippus (-434). After him are Synesius (370), Hegesias of Cyrene (-400), Theodorus the Atheist (-340), Arete of Cyrene (-400), Lucius Annaeus Cornutus (10), Lacydes of Cyrene (-300), and Anniceris (-400).

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