PHILOSOPHER

Martianus Capella

360 - 428

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Martianus Minneus Felix Capella (fl. c. 410–420) was a jurist, polymath and Latin prose writer of late antiquity, one of the earliest developers of the system of the seven liberal arts that structured early medieval education. He was a native of Madaura. His single encyclopedic work, De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii ("On the Marriage of Philology and Mercury"), also called De septem disciplinis ("On the seven disciplines"), is an elaborate didactic allegory written in a mixture of prose and elaborately allusive verse. Martianus often presents philosophical views based on Neoplatonism, the Platonic school of philosophy pioneered by Plotinus and his followers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Martianus Capella is the 333rd most popular philosopher (down from 326th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Algeria (down from 20th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Algerian Philosopher.

Martianus Capella is most famous for his work the "De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii" which is a commentary on the seven liberal arts.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Martianus Capella ranks 333 out of 1,267. Before him are Uriel da Costa, Hugh of Saint Victor, Giovanni Gentile, Isaac Abarbanel, Asanga, and Juan Luis Vives. After him are Han Yu, Jacobus Arminius, Nicolai Hartmann, Alexandre Kojève, Judith Butler, and John Searle.

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Among people born in 360, Martianus Capella ranks 3. Before him are Pelagius, and John Cassian. After him are Sulpicius Severus, and Ninian. Among people deceased in 428, Martianus Capella ranks 1. After him are Gunderic, and Theodore of Mopsuestia.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Martianus Capella ranks 21 out of 213. Before him are Emir Abdelkader (1808), Dihya (700), Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (1898), Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (1933), Juba I of Numidia (-85), and Houari Boumédiène (1932). After him are Ferhat Abbas (1899), Daniel Auteuil (1950), Abd al-Mu'min (1094), Jacques Rancière (1940), Ptolemy of Mauretania (-9), and Syphax (-250).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Algeria

Among philosophers born in Algeria, Martianus Capella ranks 4. Before him are Augustine of Hippo (354), Jacques Derrida (1930), and Louis Althusser (1918). After him are Jacques Rancière (1940), Marcus Cornelius Fronto (100), Priscian (500), Émile Boirac (1851), and Catherine Malabou (1959).

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