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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. His teachings followed those of Plato, which he attempted to define more closely, often with mathematical elements
Apr 16, 2024 · 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 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. In ethics, he taught that happiness comes ...
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.
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.
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.
XENOCRATES, of Chalcedon, Greek philosopher, scholarch or rector of the Academy from 339 to 314 B.C., was born in 396. Removing to Athens in early youth, he became the pupil of the Socratic Aeschines, but presently joined himself to Plato, whom he attended to Sicily in 361.
Feb 19, 2021 · From Plato’s generation onwards it became the practice among leading philosophers to set up a school within one’s own lifetime, and upon one’s own death either to bequeath its headship to one’s own chosen successor, or to entrust to the school’s members the task of electing the next head.
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