PHILOSOPHER

Xenocrates

396 BC - 314 BC

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Xenocrates (; Greek: Ξενοκράτης; c. 396/5 – 314/3 BC) of Chalcedon was a Greek philosopher, mathematician, and leader (scholarch) of the Platonic Academy from 339/8 to 314/3 BC. His teachings followed those of Plato, which he attempted to define more closely, often with mathematical elements. He distinguished three forms of being: the sensible, the intelligible, and a third compounded of the two, to which correspond respectively, sense, intellect and opinion. He considered unity and duality to be gods which rule the universe, and the soul a self-moving number. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Xenocrates is the 222nd most popular philosopher (up from 233rd in 2019), the 224th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 223rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Turkish Philosopher.

Xenocrates is most famous for his work on the Pythagorean theorem.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Xenocrates ranks 222 out of 1,267. Before him are Hippasus, G. E. M. Anscombe, Theano, Muhammad Abduh, Solomon ibn Gabirol, and Benjamin Constant. After him are Julius Evola, Francisco Suárez, Paulo Freire, Joseph de Maistre, Ernst Bloch, and Gaston Bachelard.

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Among people born in 396 BC, Xenocrates ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 314 BC, Xenocrates ranks 1. After him is Aeschines.

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    Xenocrates

    PHILOSOPHER

    396 BC - 314 BC

    HPI: 73.16

    Rank: 1

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    Xenocrates

    PHILOSOPHER

    396 BC - 314 BC

    HPI: 73.16

    Rank: 1

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    Aeschines

    POLITICIAN

    389 BC - 314 BC

    HPI: 70.99

    Rank: 2

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Xenocrates ranks 224 out of 1,347. Before him are Dorothea of Caesarea (279), Michael II (770), Dragut (1485), Henri Fayol (1841), Alexios V Doukas (1140), and Constantine VIII (960). After him are Şah Sultan (1509), Memnon (null), Isaac I Komnenos (1007), Sabiha Gökçen (1913), Cemal Gürsel (1895), and Fatma Sultan (1500).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Türkiye

Among philosophers born in Türkiye, Xenocrates ranks 17. Before him are Anaximenes of Miletus (-585), Chrysippus (-281), Proclus (412), Posidonius (-135), Gemistus Pletho (1355), and Apollonius of Tyana (15). After him are Michael Psellos (1018), Bias of Priene (-600), Cleanthes (-330), Arcesilaus (-315), Priscus (410), and Alexander of Aphrodisias (200).

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