Platonism

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ancient Greek philosophy tradition epistemological theory metaphysical theory philosophical doctrine

Platonism is a philosophical doctrine rooted in Plato’s ideas, emphasizing the existence of abstract, non-material Forms or universals as the most real and fundamental aspects of reality.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Platonism canonical 75
Christian Platonism 3
Platonic Forms 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek philosophy tradition ⓘ
epistemological theory ⓘ
metaphysical theory ⓘ
philosophical doctrine ⓘ
associatedConcept the Good (Form of the Good) ⓘ
surface form: Form of the Good

Platonism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Theory of Forms

participation (methexis) ⓘ
recollection (anamnesis) ⓘ
two-worlds distinction ⓘ
associatedWork Phaedo ⓘ
surface form: Plato's Phaedo

Plato's Republic ⓘ
Plato's Symposium ⓘ
Timaeus ⓘ
surface form: Plato's Timaeus
claims Forms are more real than sensible particulars ⓘ
non-material Forms are fundamental reality ⓘ
sensible world is less real than intelligible world ⓘ
contrastsWith conceptualism ⓘ
nominalism ⓘ
coreThesis abstract entities exist independently of space and time ⓘ
emphasizes existence of abstract Forms ⓘ
existence of universals ⓘ
hasMainProponent Plato ⓘ
hasOriginPlace Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
hasVariant Middle Platonism ⓘ
Neoplatonism ⓘ
ethical Platonism ⓘ
mathematical Platonism ⓘ
hasViewOn epistemology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
ontology ⓘ
philosophy of mathematics ⓘ
holdsThat Forms are eternal and unchanging ⓘ
Forms exist independently of human minds ⓘ
knowledge is of unchanging Forms ⓘ
sensible objects participate in Forms ⓘ
influenced Augustine of Hippo ⓘ
Christian philosophy ⓘ
Islamic philosophy ⓘ
Neoplatonism ⓘ
Plotinus ⓘ
St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Aquinas

medieval scholasticism ⓘ
modern analytic metaphysics ⓘ
rationalism ⓘ
influencedBy Pythagoreanism ⓘ
Socratic philosophy ⓘ
namedAfter Plato ⓘ
supports realism about universals ⓘ
timePeriodOfOrigin 4th century BCE ⓘ

Referenced by (90)

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

Plato → movement → Platonism ⓘ
Plato → knownFor → Platonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: theory of Forms
Plato → knownFor → Platonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Platonic realism
Transcendentalism → influencedBy → Platonism ⓘ
Plato's Symposium → philosophicalTradition → Platonism ⓘ
Classical Greek philosophy → hasSchool → Platonism ⓘ
St. Augustine → philosophicalSchool → Platonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christian Platonism
Gregory of Nyssa → philosophicalSchool → Platonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christian Platonism
Western esotericism → influencedBy → Platonism ⓘ
Orphic Mysteries → influenced → Platonism ⓘ
Platonism → associatedConcept → Platonism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theory of Forms
Academy of Athens → tradition → Platonism ⓘ
subject surface form: Academy of Athens (ancient)
the Good (Form of the Good) → philosophicalTradition → Platonism ⓘ
subject surface form: Form of the Good
Plotinus → philosophicalSchool → Platonism ⓘ
Meno → philosophicalSchool → Platonism ⓘ
Charmides → belongsToPhilosophicalSchool → Platonism ⓘ
Phaedrus → philosophicalSchool → Platonism ⓘ
Timaeus → centralConcept → Platonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Platonic Forms
Timaeus → philosophicalTradition → Platonism ⓘ
"Euthydemus" by Plato → philosophicalSchool → Platonism ⓘ
subject surface form: Euthydemus
Hermeticism → influencedBy → Platonism ⓘ
Middle dialogues of Plato → developsConcept → Platonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theory of Forms
Classical period → hasPhilosophicalSchool → Platonism ⓘ
Συμπόσιον → philosophicalSchool → Platonism ⓘ
the Form of Beauty → partOf → Platonism ⓘ
subject surface form: Form of Beauty
this entity surface form: Platonic theory of Forms
Renaissance Platonism → usesConcept → Platonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Platonic Forms
Eryximachus → philosophicalTradition → Platonism ⓘ
Aristotelianism → influencedBy → Platonism ⓘ
Aristotelianism → opposedBy → Platonism ⓘ
Epicureanism → contrastsWith → Platonism ⓘ
Pythagoreanism → influenced → Platonism ⓘ
Catechetical School of Alexandria → theologicalOrientation → Platonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christian Platonism
Alexandrian theology → influencedBy → Platonism ⓘ
On the Soul and the Resurrection → philosophicalTradition → Platonism ⓘ
Kronecker’s finitism → contrastsWith → Platonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Platonism in mathematics
Middle Platonism → relatedConcept → Platonism ⓘ
Theologia Platonica → philosophicalTradition → Platonism ⓘ
Commentary on Plato's Symposium on Love → mainSubject → Platonism ⓘ
Plato's dialogue "Sophist" → philosophicalTradition → Platonism ⓘ
subject surface form: Sophist
On the Creation (De opificio mundi) → philosophicalTradition → Platonism ⓘ
Allegorical Interpretation (Legum Allegoriae) → philosophicalInfluence → Platonism ⓘ
Clement of Alexandria → influencedBy → Platonism ⓘ
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury → influencedBy → Platonism ⓘ
Plato; or, the Philosopher → mainSubject → Platonism ⓘ
Athenagoras of Athens → philosophicalInfluence → Platonism ⓘ
Walter Pater → notableWork → Platonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plato and Platonism
Speusippus → schoolOrTradition → Platonism ⓘ
Xenocrates → philosophicalSchool → Platonism ⓘ
Philip of Opus → philosophicalTradition → Platonism ⓘ
Polemon of Athens → philosophicalSchool → Platonism ⓘ