PHILOSOPHER

Pliny the Elder

23 - 79

Pliny the Elder

Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/24 – 79), known in English as Pliny the Elder ( PLIN-ee), was a Roman author, naturalist, and naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian. He wrote the encyclopedic Naturalis Historia (Natural History), a comprehensive thirty-seven-volume work covering a vast array of topics on human knowledge and the natural world, which became an editorial model for encyclopedias. He spent most of his spare time studying, writing, and investigating natural and geographic phenomena in the field. Among Pliny's greatest works was the twenty-volume Bella Germaniae ("The History of the German Wars"), which is no longer extant. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pliny the Elder is the 72nd most popular philosopher (down from 63rd in 2019), the 167th most popular biography from Italy (down from 105th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Italian Philosopher.

Pliny the Elder is most famous for his work Naturalis Historia, which is an encyclopedia of knowledge about natural science and history.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Pliny the Elder ranks 72 out of 1,267. Before him are Antonio Gramsci, Zeno of Citium, Xenophanes, Gorgias, Ibn Arabi, and Nagarjuna. After him are Peter Abelard, Leucippus, Edmund Husserl, Al-Kindi, Nicholas of Cusa, and Rudolf Steiner.

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Pliny the Elder
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Edmund Husserl
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 23, Pliny the Elder ranks 1. After him is Faustus Cornelius Sulla Felix. Among people deceased in 79, Pliny the Elder ranks 3. Before him are Vespasian, and Pope Linus. After him are Drusilla, and Aulus Caecina Alienus.