PHILOSOPHER

Tertullian

155 - 220

Tertullian

Tertullian (; Latin: Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus; c. 155 – c. 220 AD) was a prolific early Christian author from Carthage in the Roman province of Africa. He was the first Christian author to produce an extensive corpus of Latin Christian literature and was an early Christian apologist and a polemicist against heresy, including contemporary Christian Gnosticism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tertullian is the 117th most popular philosopher (down from 110th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Tunisia (down from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Tunisian Philosopher.

Tertullian is most famous for his work "Apology" in which he argues that Christians are not disloyal to the Roman Empire.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Tertullian ranks 117 out of 1,267. Before him are Emil Cioran, Bodhidharma, John Scotus Eriugena, Gilles Deleuze, Meister Eckhart, and Padmasambhava. After him are William of Ockham, Ibn Taymiyyah, Bonaventure, Henri de Saint-Simon, Emmanuel Levinas, and Ramon Llull.

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Tertullian
155 - 220
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Ibn Taymiyyah
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Emmanuel Levinas
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 155, Tertullian ranks 2. Before him is Cao Cao. After him are Cassius Dio, Sun Jian, Yuan Shu, Xiahou Dun, and Pabag. Among people deceased in 220, Tertullian ranks 3. Before him are Cao Cao, and Guan Yu. After him are Xiahou Dun, Huang Zhong, Lü Meng, and Julius Paulus Prudentissimus.