When he died in about 347 B.C., his nephew Speusippus took over leadership of the Academy
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Speusippus - Wikipedia  Speusippus was an ancient Greek philosopher. Speusippus was Plato's nephew by his sister Potone. After Plato's death, Speusippus inherited the Academy and remained its ... Although the successor to Plato in the Academy, he frequently diverged from Plato's teachings. ..... A Study of the Old Academy (347274 BC).
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Aristotle The first Scientist - Tripod  Aristotle was born in 384 BC in a Greek Town of Stagira, which was a seaport on the ... Plato's nephew Speusippus was chosen to head the Academy because ... Aristotle left the Academy and, at the invitation of his friend Hermeas, he left for the ... When Philip died and Alexander took the throne, Aristotle left for Athens,...
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Plato > By Individual Philosopher > Philosophy  The philosophical school which he developed at the Academy was known as ... Pyrilampes, who was also a friend of Pericles (the leader of the democratic ... Plato presided over his Academy from 387 B.C. until his death in 347 B.C., aged about 80. ... On Plato's death, his nephew Speusippus succeeded him as head of the...
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Speusippus | Greek philosopher | Britannica.com  Speusippus, (died 339/338 bc) Greek philosopher who became head, ... of the Greek Academy after the death in 347 bc of Plato, who had founded it in 387. ... He was also a partisan in his uncle's relations with political rulers, including ... When Plato died about 348, his nephew Speusippus became head of the Academy,...
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Speusippus - Answerlib  When he died, Speusippus became head of the Academy. ... and handed over at the time of his death to his nephew Speusippus, the first ... (435-356 BC) - Plato (428-347 BC) - Speusippus (407-339 BC) - Diogenes of Sinope (400-325 BC. ... and Speusippus (Plato's nephew who took over leadership of The Academy.
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The Coins of Alexander the Great - Coins of Time  Alexander became ruler of Macedonia in 336 BC after the murder of his father ... While traveling back home through Babylon, Alexander died at the age of 33 in 323 BC. ... of gold and bronze, but we will principally deal with the silver issues here. ... This book should be seen as an update of Martin Price's work with Troxell...
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Ptolemaic Kingdom - Wikipedia  The Ptolemaic Kingdom was a Hellenistic kingdom based in Egypt. It was ruled by the Ptolemaic dynasty which started with Ptolemy I Soter's accession after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and which ended with the death of Cleopatra VII and the Roman conquest in 30 BC. ..... various male co-regents from 51 to 30 BC when she died at the age of 39.
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Alexander the Great (Alexander of Macedon) Biography  He was son of Philip II, King of Macedonia, and Olympias, the princess of ... kissed him as he came down from his horse, and in his transport said, 'O my son, ... Philip hired the Greek philosopher Aristotle to be Alexander's personal tutor. ..... contracted a high fever after attending a private party at his friend's Medius of Larisa.
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The Madness of Caligula | Ancient Origins  Sep 29, 2014 ... Caligula was the third Emperor of the Roman Empire. ... only 25 years old when he became the Emperor of Rome in 37 AD. ... months after Caligula became Emperor, he became seriously ill. It was believed that he may have been poisoned. Although he recovered from his illness, it is said that at this point...
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Carneades (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)  Aug 11, 2004 ... Carneades became head or scholarch of the Academy sometime before 155 ... B.C.E.), the Academic scholarch responsible for the school's turn to skepticism. ... and the first or Old Academy of Plato and his successors before Arcesilaus. ... the possibility of well-founded opinions if not of certain knowledge.
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Platonic Academy - Wikipedia  The Academy (Ancient Greek: ) was founded by Plato (428/427 BC  348/347 BC) in ... Among the religious observances that took place at the Akademeia was a ... the Academic curriculum would have closely resembled the one canvassed in ... He made Plato founder of the first Academy; Arcesilaus of the second;...
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Paul Harvey Christian history [Septuagint to Lib. of Alexandria] BCE ...  ... appear 250: Arcesilaus founds Second Academy of Athens 250: Asoka the .... king of Chalcis 43: city of London founded 45: Philo Judaeus of Alexandria, b.
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Ancient higher-learning institutions - Wikipedia  A variety of ancient higher-learning institutions were developed in many cultures to provide ... The Platonic Academy (sometimes referred to as the University of Athens), ... successor Aristotle founded the Peripatetic school, the students of which met ... School were the two major literary schools of the First Bulgarian Empire.
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Alexander the Great - King - Biography.com  Macedonian King Alexander the Great united Greece, led the Corinthian ... Education: Temple of the Nymphs at Meiza (where Aristotle tutored him) ... During his leadership, from 336 to 323 B.C., he united the Greek city-states and led the ... In 343 B.C., King Philip II hired the philosopher Aristotle to tutor Alexander at the...
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Aristotle - Philosopher - Biography.com  Sep 20, 2016 ... Aristotle died in 322 B.C., after he left Athens and fled to Chalcis. ... With Alexander's permission, Aristotle started his own school in Athens, called the Lyceum. On and ... Because Aristotle was known to walk around the school grounds while teaching, his students, forced to follow him, were nicknamed the...
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Outlines of Roman History, Chapter 21 - Forum Romanum  It was not long before he himself was murdered by one of his lieutenants. ... At Capua, in one of these so-called schools (which were rather prisons), was confined a brave Thracian, Spartacus. ... First Consulship of Pompey and Crassus (B.C. 70). .... Between these two party leaders stood Cicero, who, in spite of his vanity,...
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Hippocrates - he Father of Medicine - Kosisland.gr  This Oath is taken by physicians today as they begin their medical practice. He died in 377 BC. Today Hippocrates is known as the "Father of Medicine".
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Speusippus | Greek philosopher | Britannica.com  Greek philosopher who became head, or scholarch, of the Greek Academy after the ... A nephew and disciple of Plato, Speusippus accompanied him on his...
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Dynasty XVIII - GlobalSecurity.org  Nov 29, 2015 ... The 12th king of the 18th Dynasty was only eight or nine years old at his succession. His father, Smenkhkare, died at the age of 25 and the...
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Platonic Academy - New World Encyclopedia  May 7, 2015 ... Scholars distinguish the Old Academy (Plato and his immediate successors) ... Cimon xiii:7), it contained a sacred grove of olive trees, watered by the Cephisus, about six stadia outside the city walls of ancient Athens (Thucydides ii:34). ... He listed the founders of the Old Academy, in order, as Democritus,...
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Aristotle Biography - CliffsNotes  Nicknamed "the mind" and "the reader" by Plato, Aristotle rapidly became one of the most ... governed by Hermias, a former student at the Academy with whom he was friendly. ... less than four because Alexander was soon called on to act as regent for his father and ... For my English homework, I have to write a love poem.