Academy

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ID23749018
AuthorsEmidio Spinelli (Sapienza University of Rome, corresponding author)
Year2023
Pages1-6
Publication date2023-12-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueThe Encyclopedia of Ancient History (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah09001.pub2
OpenAlexW4390639296
ISBN9781444338386
LanguageEN
References cited16

The Platonic Academy, founded with the aim of providing training in politics, took the form of a community of researchers in philosophical, scientific, and ethical fields. This inclination toward philosophical discussion is reflected by the different interpretations of the founder's doctrine developed over the centuries: while with Speusippos and Xenokrates there was a mathematizing philosophy, with Arcesilaus’ skeptical turn a phase began based on the importance of suspending judgment. An effort to return to dogmatism was made by Antiochos by integrating Peripatetic and Stoic positions into the Old‐Academic doctrinal core. The Academy ended as an institution with the sack of Athens.

Doctrine · Epistemology · Institution · Political science · Politics · Skepticism · Social science · Sociology · Theology · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Classics · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Law · Philosophy

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