PHILOSOPHER

Stilpo

359 BC - 279 BC

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Stilpo or Stilpon (Ancient Greek: Στίλπων, Stílpōn; c. 360 – c. 280 BC), in Latin sources also Stilbo or Stilbon, was a Greek philosopher of the Megarian school. He was a contemporary of Theophrastus, Diodorus Cronus, and Crates of Thebes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stilpo is the 364th most popular philosopher (down from 363rd in 2019), the 213th most popular biography from Greece (down from 207th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Greek Philosopher.

Stilpo is most famous for his paradoxes. One of the most famous paradoxes is the following: "I am lying." If the sentence is true, then it is false. If the sentence is false, then it is true.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Stilpo ranks 364 out of 1,267. Before him are Abul A'la Maududi, Nasir Khusraw, John Philoponus, George Santayana, Fukuzawa Yukichi, and Julius Caesar Scaliger. After him are Ramanuja, Maurice Halbwachs, Francisco de Vitoria, Étienne Cabet, Wilhelm Windelband, and Alexandre Koyré.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 359 BC, Stilpo ranks 2. Before him is Philip III of Macedon.  Among people deceased in 279 BC, Stilpo ranks 2. Before him is Ptolemy Keraunos. After him are Brennus, Meleager, Antipater Etesias, and Publius Decius Mus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Stilpo ranks 213 out of 1,024. Before him are Theopompus (-400), Nicias (-500), Crates of Thebes (-365), Aelia Eudocia (401), Bacchylides (-490), and Telamon (null). After him are Idomeneus of Crete (null), Erasistratus (-303), Kyriakos Mitsotakis (1968), Periander (-700), Andreas Papandreou (1919), and Antiochus IX Cyzicenus (-135).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Stilpo ranks 32. Before him are Speusippus (-407), Chilon of Sparta (-600), Hipparchia of Maroneia (-350), Aenesidemus (-80), Cleobulus (-590), and Crates of Thebes (-365). After him are Philo of Larissa (-145), Archelaus (-500), Plutarch of Athens (350), Timon of Phlius (-320), Eudemus of Rhodes (-370), and Phaedo of Elis (-401).

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