PHILOSOPHER

Hermarchus

325 BC - 250 BC

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Hermarchus or Hermarch (Greek: Ἕρμαρχoς, Hermarkhos; c. 325-c. 250 BC), sometimes incorrectly written Hermachus (Greek: Ἕρμαχoς, Hermakhos), was an Epicurean philosopher. He was the disciple and successor of Epicurus as head of the school. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hermarchus is the 769th most popular philosopher (down from 730th in 2019), the 457th most popular biography from Greece (down from 426th in 2019) and the 51st most popular Greek Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Hermarchus ranks 769 out of 1,267Before him are Luigi Guido Grandi, F. H. Bradley, Kitaro Nishida, Alcidamas, William Paley, and Zhang Zai. After him are Denis de Rougemont, Calcidius, Lucien Goldmann, Helmuth Plessner, Johannes Nikolaus Tetens, and Kazimierz Twardowski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 325 BC, Hermarchus ranks 4Before him are King Zhaoxiang of Qin, Bion of Borysthenes, and Gongsun Long.  Among people deceased in 250 BC, Hermarchus ranks 10Before him are Theodorus the Atheist, Hieronymus of Cardia, Nicomedes I of Bithynia, Gongsun Long, Herodas, and Ariobarzanes of Pontus. After him are Lucius Cornelius Scipio, Demetrius the Fair, Magas of Cyrene, and Gaius Claudius Centho.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Hermarchus ranks 457 out of 1,024Before him are Turhan Pasha Përmeti (1846), Maria Farantouri (1947), Polykleitos the Younger (-400), Agoracritus (-500), Şerif Gören (1944), and Podalirius (null). After him are Archelaus of Sparta (-790), Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece (1967), Demophon of Eleusis (null), Posidippus (-310), Georgios Karaiskakis (1780), and Kostas Karamanlis (1956).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Hermarchus ranks 51Before him are Aeschines of Sphettus (-430), Aristo of Chios (-300), Onesicritus (-360), Menedemus (-340), Glaucon (-445), and Asclepigenia (400). After him are Axiothea of Phlius (-400), Hecataeus of Abdera (-400), George of Trebizond (1395), Metrocles (-400), Lastheneia of Mantinea (-350), and Metrodorus of Chios (-500).