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.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Platonism canonical | 75 |
| Christian Platonism | 3 |
| Platonic Forms | 3 |
| Theory of Forms | 2 |
| Plato and Platonism | 1 |
| Platonic idealism | 1 |
| Platonic realism | 1 |
| Platonic realm of forms | 1 |
| Platonic theory of Forms | 1 |
| Platonism in mathematics | 1 |
| theory of Forms | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Platonism Context triple: [Plato, movement, Platonism]
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Classical Greek philosophy
Classical Greek philosophy is the foundational period of Western thought, centered on figures like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, that established core ideas in ethics, metaphysics, logic, and political theory.
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Stoicism
Stoicism is an ancient Greek and Roman philosophical school that teaches cultivating virtue, rationality, and inner resilience to achieve tranquility amid life's hardships.
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Plato
Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher, a student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, whose dialogues and ideas laid the foundations of Western philosophy.
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Cartesianism
Cartesianism is the philosophical system developed by René Descartes, centered on rationalism, mind–body dualism, and the use of methodical doubt to establish certain knowledge.
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E.
Parmenides
Parmenides was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from Elea known for his doctrine that reality is unchanging and that all change and plurality are illusory.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Platonism Target entity description: 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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A.
Classical Greek philosophy
Classical Greek philosophy is the foundational period of Western thought, centered on figures like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, that established core ideas in ethics, metaphysics, logic, and political theory.
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B.
Stoicism
Stoicism is an ancient Greek and Roman philosophical school that teaches cultivating virtue, rationality, and inner resilience to achieve tranquility amid life's hardships.
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C.
Plato
Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher, a student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, whose dialogues and ideas laid the foundations of Western philosophy.
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D.
Cartesianism
Cartesianism is the philosophical system developed by René Descartes, centered on rationalism, mind–body dualism, and the use of methodical doubt to establish certain knowledge.
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E.
Parmenides
Parmenides was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from Elea known for his doctrine that reality is unchanging and that all change and plurality are illusory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek philosophy tradition
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epistemological theory ⓘ metaphysical theory ⓘ philosophical doctrine ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
the Good (Form of the Good)
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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
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non-material Forms are fundamental reality ⓘ sensible world is less real than intelligible world ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
conceptualism
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nominalism ⓘ |
| coreThesis | abstract entities exist independently of space and time ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
existence of abstract Forms
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existence of universals ⓘ |
| hasMainProponent | Plato ⓘ |
| hasOriginPlace |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| hasVariant |
Middle Platonism
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Neoplatonism ⓘ ethical Platonism ⓘ mathematical Platonism ⓘ |
| hasViewOn |
epistemology
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ethics ⓘ ontology ⓘ philosophy of mathematics ⓘ |
| holdsThat |
Forms are eternal and unchanging
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Forms exist independently of human minds ⓘ knowledge is of unchanging Forms ⓘ sensible objects participate in Forms ⓘ |
| influenced |
Augustine of Hippo
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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 ⓘ |
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Subject: Platonism Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (90)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Book 8 (The City of God)
this entity surface form:
Platonic realm of forms
subject surface form:
Alcibiades II
subject surface form:
How the 'True World' Finally Became a Fable
this entity surface form:
Platonic idealism
this entity surface form:
Platonic Forms