Antiochus of Ascalon

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Greek philosopher Hellenistic philosopher Platonist philosopher

Antiochus of Ascalon was a 1st-century BCE Greek philosopher who led a major turn in Platonism by rejecting radical skepticism and integrating Stoic and Peripatetic ideas into a more dogmatic, eclectic Platonist system.

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Label	Occurrences
Antiochus of Ascalon canonical	6

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek philosopher ⓘ Hellenistic philosopher ⓘ Platonist philosopher ⓘ
activeIn	Athens ⓘ
approximateBirthCentury	2nd century BCE ⓘ
approximateDeathCentury	1st century BCE ⓘ
birthPlace	Ascalon ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
doctrine	accepted a form of Stoic empiricist epistemology ⓘ accepted a physical theory close to Stoic materialism ⓘ adopted a largely Stoic ethics within a Platonist framework ⓘ advocated a dogmatic interpretation of Plato ⓘ asserted that knowledge is possible against Academic skepticism ⓘ claimed continuity between Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics ⓘ held that the Old Academy agreed with Stoic epistemology in essentials ⓘ maintained that virtue is central to happiness ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Greek ⓘ
influenced	Cicero ⓘ Middle Platonism ⓘ surface form: Middle Platonists later Roman philosophy ⓘ
influencedBy	Carneades ⓘ Peripatetic school ⓘ surface form: Peripatetic philosophy Philo of Larissa ⓘ Plato ⓘ Stoicism ⓘ surface form: Stoic philosophy
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
memberOf	Academy of Athens ⓘ surface form: Platonic Academy
movement	Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ Middle Platonism ⓘ Platonism ⓘ
notableFor	developing an eclectic Platonist system ⓘ initiating a dogmatic turn in later Platonism ⓘ integrating Stoic and Peripatetic doctrines into Platonism ⓘ rejecting radical skepticism in the Platonic Academy ⓘ
opposedTo	radical skepticism of the New Academy ⓘ
philosophicalDiscipline	epistemology ⓘ ethics ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	Peripatetic school ⓘ Platonism ⓘ Stoicism ⓘ
positionHeld	head of the Platonic Academy ⓘ
sourceOfInformation	Cicero's philosophical dialogues ⓘ
studentOf	Philo of Larissa ⓘ
teacherOf	Cicero ⓘ Varro ⓘ
timePeriod	1st century BCE ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Academy of Athens → headOfSchool → Antiochus of Ascalon ⓘ

subject surface form: Academy of Athens (ancient)

Middle Platonism → notableRepresentative → Antiochus of Ascalon ⓘ

Philo of Larissa → influenced → Antiochus of Ascalon ⓘ

Philo of Larissa → notableStudent → Antiochus of Ascalon ⓘ

Academic school of Plato's Academy → headOfSchool → Antiochus of Ascalon ⓘ

Academic school of Plato's Academy → keyFigure → Antiochus of Ascalon ⓘ