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Xenocrates (; ; c. 396/5314/3 BC) of Chalcedon was a Greek philosopher, mathematician, and leader (scholarch) 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. He distinguished three forms of being: the sensible, the intelligible, and a third compounded of the two, to which correspond respectively, sense, intellect and opinion. He considered unity and duality to be gods which rule the universe, and the soul a self-moving number. God pervades all things, and there are daemonical pow
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Xenocrates was a male philosopher, teacher, mathematician, and writer born in Chalcedon in 396 BCE. He was a citizen of Classical Athens and worked at the Platonic Academy. His primary field of work was philosophy, and he was associated with the Platonism movement. He studied under Plato and Aeschines of Sphettus, while his students included Crantor and Polemon.
He wrote in Ancient Greek and is described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. His notable works include Frammenti and Xenocrates De morte. Xenocrates died in Athens in 314 BCE.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- ca. 396 B.C.
- Died
- ca. 314 B.C.
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Frammenti
- Xenocrates De morte
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Key facts
- Philosopher.region
- Western philosophy
- Philosopher.era
- Ancient philosophy
- Philosopher.image
- Xenocrates.jpg
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- Xenocrates
- Philosopher.name
- Xenocrates
- Philosopher.birth_date
- 396/5 BC
- Philosopher.birth_place
- Chalcedon
- Philosopher.death_date
- 314/3 BC
- Philosopher.death_place
- Athens
- Philosopher.school_tradition
- Platonism
- Philosopher.main_interests
- Logic, physics, metaphysics, epistemology, mathematics, ethics
- Philosopher.notable_ideas
- Developed the philosophy of Plato
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Classical Athens
- Place of birth
- Chalcedon
- Place of death
- Athens
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Student of
- Aeschines of Sphettus
- Field of work
- philosophy
- Movement
- Platonism
- Image
- Xenocrates.jpg
- Work location
- Platonic Academy
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- Xenocrates
- date of birth
- 0396-01-01
- date of death
- 0314-01-01
- student
- Polemon
- time period
- Hellenistic period
- name in native language
- Ξενοκράτης
- writing language
- Ancient Greek
- birth name
- Ξενοκράτης
- significant place
- Chalcedon
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Xenocrates, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Life
- Writings
- Philosophy
- Epistemology
- Metaphysics
- Ethics
- Mathematics
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Xenocrates (; ; c. 396/5314/3 BC) of Chalcedon was a Greek philosopher, mathematician, and leader (scholarch) 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. He distinguished three forms of being: the sensible, the intelligible, and a third compounded of the two, to which correspond respectively, sense, intellect and opinion. He considered unity and duality to be gods which rule the universe, and the soul a self-moving number. God pervades all things, and there are daemonical powers, intermediate between the divine and the mortal, which consist in conditions of the soul. He held that mathematical objects and the Platonic Ideas are identical, unlike Plato who distinguished them. In ethics, he taught that virtue produces happiness, but external goods can minister to it and enable it to effect its purpose.
==Life== Xenocrates was a native of Chalcedon. By the most probable calculation he was born 396/5 BC, and died 314/3 BC at the age of 82. His father was named Agathon () or Agathanor ().
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