PHILOSOPHER

Maximus Planudes

1260 - 1305

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Maximus Planudes (Ancient Greek: Μάξιμος Πλανούδης, Máximos Planoúdēs; c. 1260 – c. 1305) was a Byzantine Greek monk, scholar, anthologist, translator, mathematician, grammarian and theologian at Constantinople. Through his translations from Latin into Greek and from Greek into Latin, he brought the Greek East and the Latin West into closer contact with one another. He is now best known as a compiler of the Greek Anthology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maximus Planudes is the 624th most popular philosopher (up from 640th in 2019), the 608th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 614th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Turkish Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Maximus Planudes ranks 624 out of 1,267. Before him are Abraham Isaac Kook, Dignāga, Arthur Danto, Metrodorus of Lampsacus, R. G. Collingwood, and Roman Ingarden. After him are Guarino da Verona, Eugen Fink, Diogenes of Babylon, Yuri Lotman, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Yan Hui.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1260, Maximus Planudes ranks 12. Before him are Anna of Hungary, John II of Jerusalem, Guillaume de Nogaret, Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy, Al-Said Barakah, and Lloque Yupanqui. After him are Matthew III Csák, Hedwig of Holstein, Bartolomeo Gradenigo, John XIII of Constantinople, Theodoric IV, Landgrave of Lusatia, and Augustin Kažotić. Among people deceased in 1305, Maximus Planudes ranks 11. Before him are Roger de Flor, Guy, Count of Flanders, Emperor Kameyama, Nicholas of Tolentino, Roger of Lauria, and Jean de Meun. After him are Moses de León, Blanche of France, Duchess of Austria, John II, Duke of Brittany, and Qian Xuan.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Maximus Planudes ranks 608 out of 1,347. Before him are Symeon the Metaphrast (900), Bohemond IV of Antioch (1172), Metrodorus of Lampsacus (-331), Mark of Ephesus (1392), John XI of Constantinople (1225), and Irene Palaiologina of Trebizond (1315). After him are Rusa II (-800), John Kinnamos (1143), Ishpuini of Urartu (-900), Vahide Perçin (1965), Hugh III of Cyprus (1235), and Philostorgius (368).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Türkiye

Among philosophers born in Türkiye, Maximus Planudes ranks 37. Before him are George Pachymeres (1242), Manuel Chrysoloras (1355), Crantor (-400), Bardaisan (154), Crates of Mallus (-200), and Metrodorus of Lampsacus (-331). After him are Barlaam of Seminara (1290), Maximus of Ephesus (310), Diogenes of Oenoanda (200), Diodorus Cronus (-400), John Argyropoulos (1415), and Albinus (100).

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