Academy of Athens

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The Academy of Athens was an influential ancient Greek philosophical school in Athens that became the center of Plato’s teachings and a cornerstone of Western intellectual tradition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Platonic academy
educational institution
philosophical school
continuationAs Platonic tradition in late antique schools
country Greek Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Greece
dedicatedTo Athena
dissolved 529 AD
dissolvedBy Justinian I
distinctFrom Academy of Athens self-linksurface differs
surface form: Academy of Athens (modern Greek academy)
era Greek Antiquity
surface form: Classical antiquity

Hellenistic period
Late antiquity
fieldOfWork astronomy
dialectic
epistemology
ethics
mathematics
metaphysics
natural philosophy
philosophy
political philosophy
foundedBy Plato
hasPart Akademos
surface form: grove of Akademos

gymnasium
walkways for dialectical discussion
headOfSchool Antiochus of Ascalon
Xenocrates
surface form: Arcesilaus

Carneades
Crates of Athens
Philo of Larissa
Plato
Polemon of Athens
Speusippus
Xenocrates
inception c. 387 BC
influenced Christian philosophy
Islamic philosophy
Renaissance humanism
Western philosophy
influencedBy Eleatic school
Heraclitus
surface form: Heraclitean philosophy

Pythagoreanism
Socratic philosophy
languageOfWorkOrName Ancient Greek
locatedIn Athens
Attica
Classical Greece
mottoOrPrinciple Let no one ignorant of geometry enter (traditional attribution)
namedAfter Akademos
Hekademos
notableStudent Aristotle
Democritus
surface form: Democritus Jr. (misattributed in tradition)

Eudoxus of Cnidus
Heraclides Ponticus
Philip of Opus
Speusippus
Theaetetus
Xenocrates
partOf Classical Athenian philosophy
Western philosophical tradition
reasonForDissolution imperial edict against pagan philosophical schools
tradition Middle Platonism
Neoplatonism
Platonism

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Plato founded Academy of Athens
Plato associatedWith Academy of Athens
Modern Greek regulator Academy of Athens
Classical Greek philosophy hasCenter Academy of Athens
this entity surface form: Academy of Plato
Aristotle educatedAt Academy of Athens
this entity surface form: Plato's Academy
Academy of Athens distinctFrom Academy of Athens self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Academy of Athens (ancient)
this entity surface form: Academy of Athens (modern Greek academy)
Panaetius of Rhodes educatedAt Academy of Athens
this entity surface form: Academy (Plato’s Academy)
Michail Stasinopoulos memberOf Academy of Athens
School of Socrates influenced Academy of Athens
this entity surface form: Platonic Academy
Panepistimiou Street hasLandmark Academy of Athens
Peripatetic school successorTo Academy of Athens
this entity surface form: Plato's Academy
Euclid educatedAt Academy of Athens
this entity surface form: Plato's Academy
Eudoxus of Cnidus educatedAt Academy of Athens
this entity surface form: Plato's Academy
Doxiadis memberOf Academy of Athens
subject surface form: Constantinos A. Doxiadis
Akademos eponymOf Academy of Athens
this entity surface form: Akademeia
Akademos eponymOf Academy of Athens
this entity surface form: Academy (Plato’s Academy site)
Akademos connectedToInstitution Academy of Athens
this entity surface form: Plato’s Academy
Hekademos associatedWithPlace Academy of Athens
this entity surface form: Academy of Plato
Hekademos associatedWithPlace Academy of Athens
this entity surface form: Akadēmeia
Hekademos toponymDerivedFrom Academy of Athens
this entity surface form: Akadēmeia
Hekademos associatedWith Academy of Athens
this entity surface form: Platonic Academy
Speusippus memberOf Academy of Athens
this entity surface form: Platonic Academy
Speusippus headOf Academy of Athens
this entity surface form: Platonic Academy
Xenocrates memberOf Academy of Athens
this entity surface form: Platonic Academy
Xenocrates headOf Academy of Athens
this entity surface form: Platonic Academy
Philip of Opus educatedAt Academy of Athens
this entity surface form: Plato's Academy
Polemon of Athens memberOf Academy of Athens
this entity surface form: Platonic Academy
Polemon of Athens educatedAt Academy of Athens
this entity surface form: Platonic Academy
Polemon of Athens associatedWithPlace Academy of Athens
this entity surface form: Academy in Athens
Crates of Athens educatedAt Academy of Athens
this entity surface form: Platonic Academy
Heraclides Ponticus educatedAt Academy of Athens
this entity surface form: Plato's Academy
Antiochus of Ascalon memberOf Academy of Athens
this entity surface form: Platonic Academy
Philo of Larissa associatedWith Academy of Athens
this entity surface form: Platonic Academy
Colonus near Academy of Athens
this entity surface form: Academy of Plato
Damascius associatedWith Academy of Athens
this entity surface form: Platonic Academy
The Garden contrastedWith Academy of Athens
this entity surface form: Plato's Academy
Epicurus' Garden in Athens contrastWith Academy of Athens
this entity surface form: Plato's Academy
Constantine Tsatsos memberOf Academy of Athens
Academic school of Plato's Academy partOf Academy of Athens
this entity surface form: Plato's Academy
Christos H. Papadimitriou memberOf Academy of Athens
Numismatic Museum of Athens locatedNear Academy of Athens
Panepistimio metro station serves Academy of Athens