PHILOSOPHER

Nausiphanes

400 BC - 400 BC

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Nausiphanes (Greek: Ναυσιφάνης; lived c. 325 BC) was an ancient Greek atomist philosopher from Teos. Nausiphanes reportedly had a large number of pupils, and was particularly famous as a rhetorician. He argued that the study of natural philosophy (physics) was the best foundation for studying rhetoric or politics, which is attacked in a surviving work of Philodemus, On Rhetoric. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nausiphanes is the 896th most popular philosopher (down from 635th in 2019), the 875th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 608th in 2019) and the 48th most popular Turkish Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Nausiphanes ranks 896 out of 1,267. Before him are Ernest Nagel, Antoun Saadeh, Arai Hakuseki, Susanne Langer, Jaimini, and Rudolf Stammler. After him are Ber Borochov, Wilfrid Sellars, Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Feng Youlan, Vasily Rozanov, and Beatus Rhenanus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 400 BC, Nausiphanes ranks 75. Before him are Alexander of Pherae, Neoptolemus, Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus, Cleomenes of Naucratis, Timotheus, and Philitas of Cos. After him are Agathocles, Lanassa, Aeneas Tacticus, Quintus Hortensius, Antiphilus, and Lagus. Among people deceased in 400 BC, Nausiphanes ranks 28. Before him are Pythias, Axiothea of Phlius, Li Kui, Lastheneia of Mantinea, Timarete, and Metrodorus of Chios. After him are Diphilus, Aeneas Tacticus, Cersobleptes, Lagus, Argaeus II of Macedon, and Philinna.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Nausiphanes ranks 875 out of 1,347. Before him are Parthenius of Nicaea (-1), Hierocles (200), Ino Anastasia (600), Saint Telemachus (301), Fatma Aliye Topuz (1862), and Aulus Licinius Archias (-121). After him are Cansu Dere (1980), Xanthus (-500), Ptolemy Epigonos (-300), Zabel Yesayan (1878), Diphilus (-350), and Deniz Baykal (1938).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Türkiye

Among philosophers born in Türkiye, Nausiphanes ranks 48. Before him are John Argyropoulos (1415), Albinus (100), Cerinthus (100), Alcidamas (-450), Athenodorus Cananites (-100), and Necip Fazıl Kısakürek (1904). After him are Abu al-Hassan al-Amiri (913), Antipater of Tarsus (-300), Hermogenes of Tarsus (200), Sosipatra (-400), Nikephoros Blemmydes (1197), and Zeno of Tarsus (-250).

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