PHILOSOPHER

Valentinus

100 - 160

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Valentinus (Greek: Οὐαλεντῖνος; c. 100 – c. 180 CE) was the best known and, for a time, most successful early Christian Gnostic theologian. He founded his school in Rome. According to Tertullian, Valentinus was a candidate for bishop but started his own group when another was chosen. Valentinus produced a variety of writings, but only fragments survive, largely those quoted in rebuttal arguments in the works of his opponents, not enough to reconstruct his system except in broad outline. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Valentinus is the 512th most popular philosopher (down from 475th in 2019), the 243rd most popular biography from Egypt (down from 223rd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Egyptian Philosopher.

Valentinus was a Gnostic Christian who believed that Jesus was not divine, but rather a man who was born with the power of the spirit.

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Among philosophers, Valentinus ranks 512 out of 1,267. Before him are Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, Anania Shirakatsi, Nelson Goodman, Axel Honneth, A. J. Ayer, and Kenneth Waltz. After him are Thomas Nagel, Johann Christoph Gottsched, Sergei Bulgakov, Michel Serres, Gilbert Ryle, and Vittorino da Feltre.

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Among people born in 100, Valentinus ranks 30. Before him are Domitia Longina, Mithridates V of Parthia, Simeon of Jerusalem, Claudia Acte, Vologases III of Parthia, and Aretaeus of Cappadocia. After him are Mucianus, Mary the Jewess, Gan Ying, Epaphroditus, Marcus Annius Verus, and Praxedes. Among people deceased in 160, Valentinus ranks 3. Before him are Marcion of Sinope, and Marcus Cornelius Fronto. After him are Shimon bar Yochai, and Quintus Lollius Urbicus.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Valentinus ranks 243 out of 642. Before him are Ahmose (-1504), Osorkon I (-1000), Robert II, Count of Artois (1250), Ibn Yunus (950), Cleopatra Thea (-164), and Solamish (1272). After him are Nahshon (null), Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria (444), Iry-Hor (-3101), Jehan Sadat (1933), Bintanath (-1300), and Neferirkare Kakai (-2483).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Egypt

Among philosophers born in Egypt, Valentinus ranks 11. Before him are Sextus Empiricus (160), Muhammad Abduh (1849), Ammonius Saccas (175), John Philoponus (490), Saadia Gaon (882), and Dhul-Nun al-Misri (796). After him are Ammonius Hermiae (440), Syrianus (400), Olympiodorus the Younger (495), Hermias (401), Ahmad al-Tayyeb (1946), and Nasr Abu Zayd (1943).

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