Philo of Larissa

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Academic Skeptic Hellenistic philosopher head of the Platonic Academy

Philo of Larissa was a Hellenistic philosopher and prominent Academic Skeptic who led Plato’s Academy in its later period and influenced Roman intellectuals such as Cicero.

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Philo of Larissa canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Academic Skeptic ⓘ
Hellenistic philosopher ⓘ
head of the Platonic Academy ⓘ
approximateBirthCentury 2nd century BCE ⓘ
approximateDeathCentury 1st century BCE ⓘ
associatedWith Academy of Athens ⓘ
surface form: Platonic Academy

Roman Republic intellectual circles ⓘ
birthPlace Larissa ⓘ
Thessaly ⓘ
citizenship Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
era Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
historicalRole last undisputed scholarch of the Academy in Athens ⓘ
influenced Antiochus of Ascalon ⓘ
Cicero ⓘ
Roman Academic tradition ⓘ
Roman intellectuals ⓘ
knownFor influencing Latin philosophical vocabulary through Cicero ⓘ
moderate form of Academic Skepticism ⓘ
teaching in Rome ⓘ
transition from radical skepticism to probabilism in the Academy ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
movement Middle Academy ⓘ
New Academy ⓘ
name Philo of Larissa self-link ⓘ
notableStudent Antiochus of Ascalon ⓘ
Aulus Licinius Lucullus ⓘ
Cicero ⓘ
occupation philosopher ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
opposedTo Stoicism ⓘ
dogmatic epistemology ⓘ
philosophicalConcept fallibilism about knowledge ⓘ
persuasive impressions as guide to action ⓘ
probabilism ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Skepticism ⓘ
surface form: Academic Skepticism

Academy ⓘ
positionHeld head of the Academy in Athens ⓘ
scholarch of the Academy ⓘ
region Mediterranean ⓘ
religion Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
sourceFor Cicero's philosophical dialogues ⓘ
surface form: Cicero’s Academic works

Cicero’s understanding of Greek philosophy ⓘ
studentOf Charmadas ⓘ
Clitomachus ⓘ
Metrodorus of Stratonicea ⓘ
taughtIn Athens ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
tradition Platonism ⓘ
Skepticism ⓘ

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Academy of Athens → headOfSchool → Philo of Larissa ⓘ
subject surface form: Academy of Athens (ancient)
Antiochus of Ascalon → influencedBy → Philo of Larissa ⓘ
Antiochus of Ascalon → studentOf → Philo of Larissa ⓘ
Carneades → influenced → Philo of Larissa ⓘ
Philo of Larissa → name → Philo of Larissa self-link ⓘ
Academic school of Plato's Academy → headOfSchool → Philo of Larissa ⓘ
Academic school of Plato's Academy → keyFigure → Philo of Larissa ⓘ