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Diogenes of Oenoanda

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Diogenes of Oenoanda (; Ancient Greek: Διογένης ὁ Οἰνοανδεύς) was an Epicurean Greek from the 2nd century AD who carved a summary of the philosophy of Epicurus onto a portico wall in the ancient Greek city of Oenoanda in Lycia (modern day southwest Turkey). The surviving fragments of the wall, originally extended about 80 meters, form an important source of Epicurean philosophy. The inscription, written in Greek, sets out Epicurus' teachings on physics, epistemology, and ethics. It was originally about 25,000 words long and filled 260 square meters of wall space. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Diogenes of Oenoanda is the 670th most popular philosopher (down from 629th in 2019), the 645th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 599th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Turkish Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Diogenes of Oenoanda ranks 670 out of 1,267. Before him are Gorakhnath, Ernst Nolte, Reinhold Niebuhr, Liu Bowen, Frithjof Schuon, and Shen Buhai. After him are Hippo, Ian Stevenson, Dharmakirti, Paul Nizan, Bernard of Chartres, and Maximus of Tyre.

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Among people born in 200, Diogenes of Oenoanda ranks 42. Before him are Sansang of Goguryeo, Yue Jin, Pope Demetrius I of Alexandria, Fulvia Plautilla, Hua Xiong, and Marcia. After him are Maximus of Tyre, Ingenuus, Zhuge Dan, Pantaenus, Jotapianus, and Alexander of Jerusalem. Among people deceased in 200, Diogenes of Oenoanda ranks 15. Before him are Vologases III of Parthia, Aretaeus of Cappadocia, Soranus of Ephesus, Babrius, Caesarius of Africa, and Aelianus Tacticus. After him are Maximus of Tyre, Aquila of Sinope, Alciphron, Numenius of Apamea, Gaius Appuleius Diocles, and Albinus.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Diogenes of Oenoanda ranks 645 out of 1,347. Before him are Petros Markaris (1937), Nikos Zachariadis (1903), Namık Kemal (1840), Osman Hamdi Bey (1842), Nicander (-250), and Prusias II of Bithynia (-300). After him are Macrina the Younger (324), Theodosius the Cenobiarch (424), Michael Attaleiates (1021), Isaac of Armenia (338), Hussein Dey (1773), and Artemidorus Ephesius (-150).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Türkiye

Among philosophers born in Türkiye, Diogenes of Oenoanda ranks 40. Before him are Bardaisan (154), Crates of Mallus (-200), Metrodorus of Lampsacus (-331), Maximus Planudes (1260), Barlaam of Seminara (1290), and Maximus of Ephesus (310). After him are Diodorus Cronus (-400), John Argyropoulos (1415), Albinus (100), Cerinthus (100), Alcidamas (-450), and Athenodorus Cananites (-100).

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