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Xenocrates (/ z ə ˈ n ɒ k r ə ˌ t iː z /; Greek: Ξενοκράτης; c. 396/5 – 314/3 BC) of Chalcedon was a Greek philosopher, mathematician, and leader of the Platonic Academy from 339/8 to 314/3 BC.
Xenocrates was a Greek philosopher, pupil of Plato, and successor of Speusippus as the head of the Greek Academy, which Plato founded about 387 bc. In the company of Aristotle he left Athens after Plato’s death in 348/347, returning in 339 on his election as head of the Academy, where he remained.
Jul 25, 2003 · Xenocrates (of Chalcedon, a city on the Asian side of the Bosporus opposite Byzantium, according to Diogenes Laertius (D.L.) iv 14), became head of the Academy after Speusippus died, in 339/338 (“in the second year of the 110th Olympiad”). D.L. says he held that position for twenty-five years, and died at 82.
Xenocrates (Ξενοκράτης) of Chalcedon (396 – 314 B.C.E.) was a Greek philosopher and third scholarch or rector of the Academy from 339 to 314 B.C.E. His thought is known to us only through the commentaries of Aristotle, Proclus, Themistius and other Greek philosophers.
Xenocrates (zĬnŏk´rətēz), 396–314 BC, Greek philosopher, b. Chalcedon, successor of Speusippus as head of the Academy. He was a disciple of Plato, whom he accompanied to Sicily in 361 BC His ascetic life and noble character greatly influenced his pupils.
Xenocrates was a student of Plato who went on to become head of the Academy. He was an early believer in the atomic theory and originated the classical distinction between mind, body and soul. Biography. Xenocrates of Chalcedon was a student of Plato who entered the Academy in Athens in about 376 BC.
Jul 25, 2003 · No one reports anything for Xenocrates about what we would think of as pure logic; Sextus (Adversus mathematicos vii 147-149) gives us a scrap about epistemology. Xenocrates is supposed to have divided the substances or entities into three groups: perceptible, intelligible, and believable (also referred to as ‘composite’ and ‘mixed’).
Xenocrates was an ancient Greek philosopher, mathematician and disciple of Plato who later became the leader of the Platonic Academy. He attempted to define Plato’s teachings more closely. Xenocrates held that mathematical objects and Platonic Ideas are identical, unlike Plato who distinguished them.
Overview. Xenocrates. (396—314 bc) Quick Reference. (396–314 bc). Successor to Speusippus as head of Plato's Academy. Xenocrates wrote treatises in which he attempted to systematize Platonism. These treatises are lost, but the range of his work ... From: Xenocrates in The Oxford Companion to Philosophy » Subjects: Classical studies.
Feb 19, 2021 · Chapter 1 Xenocrates’ Invention of Platonism; Chapter 2 An Iconography of Xenocrates’ Platonism; Chapter 3 Arcesilaus’ Appeal to Heraclitus as a Philosophical Authority for His Sceptical Stance; Chapter 4 Authority beyond Doctrines in the First Century bc; Chapter 5 Authority and Doctrine in the Pseudo-Pythagorean Writings; Chapter 6 ...
