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Diogenes

404 BC - 322 BC

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Diogenes the Cynic, also known as Diogenes of Sinope (c. 413/403–c. 324/321 BC), was an ancient Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynicism. Renowned for his ascetic lifestyle, biting wit, and radical critiques of social conventions, he became a legendary figure whose life and teachings have been recounted, often through anecdote, in both antiquity and later cultural traditions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Diogenes is the 20th most popular philosopher (up from 31st in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 14th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Turkish Philosopher.

Diogenes was a philosopher who lived in the 4th century BC. He is most famous for his search for an honest man.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Diogenes ranks 20 out of 1,267. Before him are Augustine of Hippo, Francis Bacon, Friedrich Nietzsche, Thales of Miletus, Heraclitus, and Thomas Aquinas. After him are Erasmus, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, John Locke, Arthur Schopenhauer, Montesquieu, and Democritus.

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Among people born in 404 BC, Diogenes ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 322 BC, Diogenes ranks 1. After him are Demosthenes, Heraclides Ponticus, Leonnatus, Hypereides, Cleomenes of Naucratis, and Ariarathes I of Cappadocia.

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    404 BC - 322 BC

    HPI: 88.38

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Diogenes ranks 7 out of 1,347. Before him are Suleiman the Magnificent (1494), Paul the Apostle (5), Herodotus (-484), Mehmed the Conqueror (1432), Thales of Miletus (-623), and Heraclitus (-535). After him are Saint Nicholas (270), Saint George (280), Osman I (1254), Hesiod (-800), Julian (331), and Selim II (1524).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Türkiye

Among philosophers born in Türkiye, Diogenes ranks 3. Before him are Thales of Miletus (-623), and Heraclitus (-535). After him are Anaximander (-610), Anaxagoras (-500), Epictetus (50), Xenophanes (-570), Leucippus (-500), Gregory of Nazianzus (329), Ibn Taymiyyah (1263), Anaximenes of Miletus (-585), and Chrysippus (-281).

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