Speusippus

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Speusippus was an ancient Greek philosopher who succeeded his uncle Plato as head of the Academy in Athens and contributed to early developments in metaphysics and ethics.

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Speusippus canonical 6

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instanceOf Platonist philosopher
ancient Greek philosopher
head of the Academy
activeIn 4th century BC
associatedWith Middle Platonism
surface form: Middle Platonism (via later reception)

Pythagorean number theory
birthPlace Athens
citizenship Greek Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Greece
deathPlace Athens
era Ancient Greek philosophy
fieldOfWork epistemology
ethics
metaphysics
philosophy of mathematics
headOf Academy of Athens
surface form: Platonic Academy
influenced Old Academy
Xenocrates
influencedBy Plato
Pythagoreanism
knownFor early developments in ethics
early developments in metaphysics
succeeding Plato as head of the Academy
memberOf Academy of Athens
surface form: Platonic Academy
name Speusippus self-link
notableStudent Xenocrates
notableWork On Pythagorean Numbers
On the Genera and Species
On the Soul
occupation philosopher
philosophicalConcept classification of knowledge into sciences
distinction between One and Good
doctrine of multiple principles
gradation of beings from One to multiplicity
teleological view of the Good
positionHeld scholarch of the Academy
predecessor Plato
relative Plato
schoolOrTradition Old Academy
Platonism
successor Xenocrates
uncle Plato
viewOnEthics held that virtue is sufficient for happiness with external conditions
identified happiness with a state of perfection and completeness
viewOnForms rejected Plato’s separate Forms in favor of numbers and magnitudes
viewOnGood Good is a goal realized at the end of development
viewOnSoul soul is a self-moving number
worksStatus survives only in fragments and testimonia

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Academy of Athens notableStudent Speusippus
subject surface form: Academy of Athens (ancient)
Academy of Athens headOfSchool Speusippus
subject surface form: Academy of Athens (ancient)
Isocrates student Speusippus
Speusippus name Speusippus self-link
Xenocrates predecessor Speusippus
Heraclides Ponticus studentOf Speusippus