Medieval · c. 373–414
Who influenced Synesius of Cyrene?
Influences
Hypatia's student who became a philosopher-bishop — and kept her letters.
Synesius of Cyrene was influenced by Hypatia. That is 1 line of the 448 documented lines of influence between the 279 thinkers on this map.
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Who was Synesius of Cyrene?
Synesius was born to a wealthy family at Balagrae near Cyrene, in today's Libya, around 370–375, and became bishop of Ptolemais. He studied in Alexandria with the philosopher Hypatia.
Summarized from the lead of the Wikipedia article.
Who influenced Synesius of Cyrene?
1 direct influence on this map, earliest first.
- Hypatia c. 355–415
Contemporaries of Synesius of Cyrene
Thinkers on this map born within 25 years of Synesius of Cyrene, with no direct line between them.
- Augustine of Hippo AD 354–430
Synesius of Cyrene by the numbers
- Direct influences
- 1
- Direct followers
- 0
- Thinkers upstream
- 1
- Thinkers downstream
- 0
- Wikipedia languages
- 34 — #52 of 58 among medieval philosophers
- Card rarity
- Rare
Questions about Synesius of Cyrene
- Who influenced Synesius of Cyrene?
- Hypatia.
- Who did Synesius of Cyrene influence?
- No later thinker on this map is recorded as drawing directly on Synesius of Cyrene.
- When did Synesius of Cyrene live?
- c. 373–414. The map files Synesius of Cyrene under the medieval period.
- How rare is the Synesius of Cyrene card?
- Wikipedia carries an article on Synesius of Cyrene in 34 languages, which makes it a Rare card. Legendary starts at 100 languages, Epic at 50 and Rare at 25.
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- Erasmus 1466–1536
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