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Julius Caesar Scaliger

1484 - 1558

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Julius Caesar Scaliger (; 23 April or August 1484 – 21 October 1558), or Giulio Cesare della Scala, was an Italian scholar and physician, who spent a major part of his career in France. He employed the techniques and discoveries of Renaissance humanism to defend Aristotelianism against the New Learning. In spite of his contentious disposition, his contemporary reputation was high. Jacques Auguste de Thou claimed that none of the ancients could be placed above him and that he had no equal in his own time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Julius Caesar Scaliger is the 363rd most popular philosopher (down from 319th in 2019), the 1,028th most popular biography from Italy (down from 871st in 2019) and the 29th most popular Italian Philosopher.

Julius Caesar Scaliger was a scholar and a mathematician who is most famous for his work in chronology. He was the first to apply mathematics to the reconstruction of ancient history.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Julius Caesar Scaliger ranks 363 out of 1,267. Before him are Peter Singer, Abul A'la Maududi, Nasir Khusraw, John Philoponus, George Santayana, and Fukuzawa Yukichi. After him are Stilpo, Ramanuja, Maurice Halbwachs, Francisco de Vitoria, Étienne Cabet, and Wilhelm Windelband.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1484, Julius Caesar Scaliger ranks 5. Before him are Huldrych Zwingli, Bartolomé de las Casas, Hans Baldung, and Anne of Foix-Candale. After him are Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Sebastian Cabot, Matteo Bandello, Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Pedro Mascarenhas. Among people deceased in 1558, Julius Caesar Scaliger ranks 6. Before him are Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Mary I of England, Hurrem Sultan, Mary of Hungary, and Eleanor of Austria. After him are Clément Janequin, Robert Recorde, Johannes Bugenhagen, Reginald Pole, Francisco de Sá de Miranda, and Anna van Egmont.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Julius Caesar Scaliger ranks 1,028 out of 5,161. Before him are Luigi Riva (1944), Emma Morano (1899), Stesichorus (-630), Italo Balbo (1896), Barbara Strozzi (1619), and Ibycus (-600). After him are Andrea Gabrieli (1533), Charles Martel of Anjou (1271), Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1634), Il Sodoma (1477), Benedetto Marcello (1686), and Dino De Laurentiis (1919).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Italy

Among philosophers born in Italy, Julius Caesar Scaliger ranks 29. Before him are Marsilius of Padua (1275), Elena Cornaro Piscopia (1646), Pietro Pomponazzi (1462), Giovanni Gentile (1875), Antonio Negri (1933), and Aristoxenus (-360). After him are Bartolus de Saxoferrato (1313), Thomas Cajetan (1469), Lucilio Vanini (1585), Brunetto Latini (1220), Gaius Musonius Rufus (25), and Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri (1667).

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