PHILOSOPHER

Cerinthus

100 - 200

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Cerinthus (Greek: Κήρινθος, romanized: Kērinthos; fl. c. 50-100 CE) was an early Gnostic, who was prominent as a heresiarch in the view of the early Church Fathers. Contrary to the Church Fathers, he used the Gospel of Cerinthus, and denied that the Supreme God made the physical world. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cerinthus is the 760th most popular philosopher (up from 895th in 2019), the 744th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 871st in 2019) and the 44th most popular Turkish Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Cerinthus ranks 760 out of 1,267Before him are Robert Filmer, Albinus, Asclepigenia, Theodor Lessing, Jean Vanier, and Mortimer J. Adler. After him are Daisaku Ikeda, Thiruvalluvar, Luigi Guido Grandi, F. H. Bradley, Kitaro Nishida, and Alcidamas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 100, Cerinthus ranks 52Before him are Eudokia of Heliopolis, Aquila of Sinope, Pope Avilius of Alexandria, Marinus of Tyre, Quadratus of Athens, and Albinus. After him are Epaphras, Titus Flavius Sabinus, Zenobia of Armenia, Simon bar Giora, Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus, and Chariton. Among people deceased in 200, Cerinthus ranks 22Before him are Maximus of Tyre, Aquila of Sinope, Alciphron, Numenius of Apamea, Gaius Appuleius Diocles, and Albinus. After him are Pabag, Yan Liang, Apollonius Dyscolus, Chariton, Gan Ji, and Lokaksema.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Cerinthus ranks 744 out of 1,347Before him are Albinus (100), Ariobarzanes of Pontus (-250), Arame of Urartu (-900), Paul the Silentiary (520), Mkhitar Sebastatsi (1676), and Manuel III of Trebizond (1364). After him are Hermogenes of Priene (-200), Theon of Smyrna (70), Severus of Antioch (456), Germanus V of Constantinople (1835), Alcidamas (-450), and Constantine Manasses (1130).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Türkiye

Among philosophers born in Türkiye, Cerinthus ranks 44Before him are Barlaam of Seminara (1290), Maximus of Ephesus (310), Diogenes of Oenoanda (200), Diodorus Cronus (-400), John Argyropoulos (1415), and Albinus (100). After him are Alcidamas (-450), Athenodorus Cananites (-100), Necip Fazıl Kısakürek (1904), Nausiphanes (-400), Abu al-Hassan al-Amiri (913), and Antipater of Tarsus (-300).