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Diogenes of Apollonia

460 BC - 500 BC

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Diogenes of Apollonia ( dy-OJ-in-eez; Ancient Greek: Διογένης ὁ Ἀπολλωνιάτης, romanized: Diogénēs ho Apollōniátēs; fl. 5th century BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher, and was a native of the Milesian colony Apollonia in Thrace. He lived for some time in Athens. He believed air to be the one source of all being from which all other substances were derived, and, as a primal force, to be both divine and intelligent. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Diogenes of Apollonia is the 203rd most popular philosopher (up from 215th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Bulgaria and the most popular Bulgarian Philosopher.

Diogenes of Apollonia was a Greek mathematician and inventor who is most famous for inventing the astrolabe, an astronomical instrument that could be used to measure the angles of the sun, moon, and stars.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Diogenes of Apollonia ranks 203 out of 1,267. Before him are Max Horkheimer, Christian Wolff, Diotima of Mantinea, Slavoj Žižek, Karl Kautsky, and Étienne Bonnot de Condillac. After him are Jean-François Lyotard, Rudolf Carnap, Hasan al-Basri, Alcmaeon of Croton, Moses Mendelssohn, and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 460 BC, Diogenes of Apollonia ranks 4. Before him are Hippocrates, Democritus, and Thucydides. After him are Critias, Prodicus, and Verginia. Among people deceased in 500 BC, Diogenes of Apollonia ranks 7. Before him are Esther, Leucippus, Ānanda, Polykleitos, Artemisia I of Caria, and Gaius Marcius Coriolanus. After him are Myron, Hippasus, Rāhula, Himilco, Xanthippus, and Gorgo, Queen of Sparta.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Diogenes of Apollonia ranks 14 out of 415. Before him are Maximinus Thrax (173), Phocas (547), Todor Zhivkov (1911), Simeon I of Bulgaria (864), Boris III of Bulgaria (1894), and Marcian (396). After him are Julia Kristeva (1941), Tiberius II Constantine (520), Boris I of Bulgaria (828), Talaat Pasha (1874), Kubrat (605), and Saint Naum (830).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Bulgaria

Among philosophers born in Bulgaria, Diogenes of Apollonia ranks 1. After him are Julia Kristeva (1941), and Peter Deunov (1864).

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