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5 days ago · According to the Suda, Plato, on his departure for Sicily in 361/360 BC, left the Academy in the charge of Heraclides. Heraclides was nearly elected successor to Speusippus as head of the academy in 339/338 BC, but narrowly lost to Xenocrates .
2 days ago · Plato's immediate successors as "Scholarch" of the Academy were Speusippus (347–339 BC), Xenocrates (339–314 BC), Polemon (314–269 BC), and Crates (c. 269 –266 BC). Other notable members of the Academy include Aristotle , Heraclides , Eudoxus , Philip of Opus , and Crantor .
2 days ago · Cratylus ( / ˈkrætɪləs / KRAT-il-əs; Ancient Greek: Κρατύλος, Kratylos) was an ancient Athenian philosopher from the mid-late 5th century BC, known mostly through his portrayal in Plato 's dialogue Cratylus. He was a radical proponent of Heraclitean philosophy and influenced the young Plato.
1 day ago · Equally significant is Plato's tendency to use allegory or parable in his writings in order to bar the undeserving and slothful from too ready an understanding of his intent; unlike Aristotle ...
4 days ago · Stoicism originated in the views of Socrates and Plato, as modified by Zeno of Citium (c. 335–c. 263 bce) and then by Chrysippus (c. 280–206 bce ). It gradually gained influence in Rome, chiefly through Cicero (106–43 bce) and then later through Seneca the Younger (4 bce –65 ce ).
1 day ago · Concerning Tolkien’s cosmogony, DiNapoli also notes that it shares similarities with that of another member of the Inklings, Charles Williams, who—deeply influenced by Plato’s doctrine on the relationship between ideas and matter—created a novel, The Place of the Lion, based on the Timaeus dialogue and the hierarchical structure of the ...
3 days ago · Witt wants to show that, actually, Paul teaches egalitarianism—that Paul is a “subversive” who teaches a “servant as leader” form of discipleship called by the various names: “Type II Submission,” “cruciform discipleship,” and “kenotic self-abasement.”. To accomplish this re-reading of Paul, Witt does four things.
