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Yajnavalkya

50 - 700 BC

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Yajnavalkya or Yagyavalkya (Sanskrit: याज्ञवल्क्य, IAST:Yājñavalkya) is a Hindu Vedic sage prominently mentioned in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (c. 700 BCE) and Tattiriya Upanishad. Yajnavalkya proposes and debates metaphysical questions about the nature of existence, consciousness and impermanence, and expounds the epistemic doctrine of neti neti ("not this, not this") to discover the universal Self and Ātman. Texts attributed to him include the Yajnavalkya Smriti, Yoga Yajnavalkya and some texts of the Vedanta school. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yajnavalkya is the 406th most popular philosopher (up from 818th in 2019). (up from 1,932nd in 2019)

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Among philosophers, Yajnavalkya ranks 406 out of 1,267. Before him are Siger of Brabant, Plutarch of Athens, Karl Rahner, Antoine Destutt de Tracy, Luce Irigaray, and E. H. Carr. After him are Paul Tillich, Thomas Hill Green, Mulla Sadra, Marcus Cornelius Fronto, Jean Gerson, and Hilary Putnam.

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Among people born in 50, Yajnavalkya ranks 14. Before him are Rabbi Akiva, Simon Magus, Osroes I, Gaius Calpurnius Piso, Phoebe, and Junia. After him are Pacorus II, Saint Petronilla, Cestius Gallus, Charaka, Vologases II of Parthia, and Tiberius Claudius Narcissus. Among people deceased in 700 BC, Yajnavalkya ranks 8. Before him are Isaiah, Nahum, Achaemenes, Tyrtaeus, Jehoahaz of Judah, and Gyges of Lydia. After him are Perdiccas I of Macedon, Cylon of Athens, Callinus, Ariaramnes, Shebitku, and Demaratus of Corinth.

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