Old Academy

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Platonic school ancient Greek philosophical movement phase of philosophical school

The Old Academy was the early phase of Plato’s Academy in ancient Athens, characterized by the development and interpretation of Plato’s original philosophical doctrines before later shifts in emphasis and method.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Platonic school ⓘ ancient Greek philosophical movement ⓘ phase of philosophical school ⓘ
associatedWith	Plato NERFINISHED ⓘ
emphasizes	dialectic ⓘ ethics ⓘ mathematics ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ theory of Forms ⓘ
endPoint	around 3rd century BCE ⓘ
follows	founding of Plato’s Academy ⓘ
foundedBy	Plato NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHead	Crates of Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ Plato NERFINISHED ⓘ Polemon of Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ Speusippus NERFINISHED ⓘ Xenocrates NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMainFocus	development of Plato’s doctrines ⓘ interpretation of Plato’s dialogues ⓘ
hasNotableMember	Aristotle NERFINISHED ⓘ Eudoxus of Cnidus NERFINISHED ⓘ Heraclides Ponticus NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip of Opus NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Hellenistic Platonism NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ later Neoplatonism ⓘ
influencedBy	Heraclitus NERFINISHED ⓘ Parmenides NERFINISHED ⓘ Pythagoreanism NERFINISHED ⓘ Socrates NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	Ancient Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ Athens ⓘ
meetsAt	grove of Akademos NERFINISHED ⓘ gymnasium outside the walls of Athens ⓘ
partOf	Plato’s Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ
philosophicalMethod	dialectical discussion in a school setting ⓘ systematic exposition of Plato’s views ⓘ
philosophicalOrientation	dogmatic Platonism ⓘ
precedes	Middle Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ New Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ
startPoint	lifetime of Plato ⓘ
studies	astronomy ⓘ geometry ⓘ harmonics ⓘ mathematical sciences ⓘ
timePeriod	4th century BCE ⓘ early Hellenistic period ⓘ

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Middle Platonism → follows → Old Academy ⓘ

Speusippus → schoolOrTradition → Old Academy ⓘ

Speusippus → influenced → Old Academy ⓘ

Xenocrates → era → Old Academy ⓘ

Xenocrates → philosophicalSchool → Old Academy ⓘ

Polemon of Athens → philosophicalSchool → Old Academy ⓘ

Crates of Athens → philosophicalSchool → Old Academy ⓘ

Crates of Athens → movement → Old Academy ⓘ

Heraclides Ponticus → philosophicalSchool → Old Academy ⓘ

Academic school of Plato's Academy → follows → Old Academy ⓘ