Speusippos
Sign in to saveSpeusippus (; ; c. 408 – 339/8 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher. Speusippus was Plato's nephew by his sister Potone. After Plato's death, c. 348 BC, Speusippus inherited the Academy, near age 60, and remained its head for the next eight years. However, following a stroke, he passed the chair to Xenocrates. Although the successor to Plato in the Academy, Speusippus frequently diverged from Plato's teachings. He rejected Plato's Theory of Forms, and whereas Plato had identified the Good with the ultimate principle, Speusippus maintained that the Good was merely secondary. He also argued that
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- Western philosophy
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- Ancient philosophy
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- Speusippus
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- c. 408 BC
- Philosopher.birth_place
- Athens
- Philosopher.death_date
- 339/8 BC
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- Athens
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- Platonism
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- Epistemology, Metaphysics, Ethics
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- Developed the philosophy of Plato, but rejected the Theory of Forms
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- Classical Athens
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- Classical Athens
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- Eurymedon of Myrrhinus
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- Potone
- Occupation
- mathematician
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- Ancient Greek
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- Plato
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- Platonism
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- Hellenistic period
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Speusippos, död 339 f.Kr., var en antik grekisk filosof. Han var systerson till Platon och efterträdde denne som lärare i Akademeia i Aten (347–339 f.Kr.), och blev således den förste representanten för den så kallade nya akademien. Han verkar ännu mer än Platon under dennes sista tid ha närmat sig pythagoreismen och identifierat idéerna med talen. Han sägs inte ha erkänt det goda som alltings grund, utan som ändamålet för de andliga väsendenas utveckling. Han bedrev även biologiska studier, vars resultat han lade fram i ett större verk om likheter. Hans efterlämnade skrifter ska genom inköp ha övergått i Aristoteles ägo. Till vår tid är inget bevarat av dem annat än ett elegiskt distikon innehållande en apoteos av Platon.
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