PHILOSOPHER

Porphyry

233 - 305

Porphyry

Porphyry (; Koine Greek: Πορφύριος, romanized: Porphýrios; c. 234 – c. AD 305) was a Semitic Neoplatonic philosopher born in Tyre, Roman Phoenicia during Roman rule. He edited and published the Enneads, the only collection of the work of Plotinus, his teacher. He wrote original works in the Greek language on a wide variety of topics, ranging from music theory to Homer to vegetarianism. His Isagoge or Introduction, an introduction to logic and philosophy, was the standard textbook on logic throughout the Middle Ages in its Latin and Arabic translations. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Porphyry is the 86th most popular philosopher (up from 142nd in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Lebanon (up from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Lebanese Philosopher.

Porphyry is a type of igneous rock with a large percentage of crystals. It is most famous for being used in the construction of the Pantheon in Rome.

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Among philosophers, Porphyry ranks 86 out of 1,267. Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, Karl Jaspers, Roland Barthes, Herbert Spencer, Ludwig Feuerbach, and Theophrastus. After him are Athanasius of Alexandria, Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Jürgen Habermas, Mencius, and Johann Gottfried Herder.

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Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
1775 - 1854
HPI: 80.32
Rank: 80
Karl Jaspers
1883 - 1969
HPI: 80.28
Rank: 81
Roland Barthes
1915 - 1980
HPI: 80.26
Rank: 82
Herbert Spencer
1820 - 1903
HPI: 80.25
Rank: 83
Ludwig Feuerbach
1804 - 1872
HPI: 80.22
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Theophrastus
371 BC - 287 BC
HPI: 80.19
Rank: 85
Porphyry
233 - 305
HPI: 80.06
Rank: 86
Athanasius of Alexandria
295 - 373
HPI: 79.92
Rank: 87
Rudolf Christoph Eucken
1846 - 1926
HPI: 79.85
Rank: 88
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
1463 - 1494
HPI: 79.56
Rank: 89
Jürgen Habermas
1929 - Present
HPI: 79.46
Rank: 90
Mencius
372 BC - 289 BC
HPI: 79.37
Rank: 91
Johann Gottfried Herder
1744 - 1803
HPI: 79.32
Rank: 92

Contemporaries

Among people born in 233, Porphyry ranks 1. After him is Chen Shou. Among people deceased in 305, Porphyry ranks 2. Before him is Catherine of Alexandria. After him are Agnes of Rome, Januarius, Julian of Antioch, and Saint Alban.