Speusippus

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Speusippus was an ancient Greek philosopher who succeeded his uncle Plato as head of the Academy in Athens and contributed to early developments in metaphysics and ethics.

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Speusippus canonical 14

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Platonist philosopher ⓘ
ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ
head of the Academy ⓘ
activeIn 4th century BC ⓘ
associatedWith Middle Platonism (via later reception) ⓘ
linked to: Middle Platonism

Pythagorean number theory ⓘ
birthPlace Athens ⓘ
citizenship Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
deathPlace Athens ⓘ
era Ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ
fieldOfWork epistemology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy of mathematics ⓘ
headOf Platonic Academy ⓘ
linked to: Academy of Athens
influenced Old Academy ⓘ
Xenocrates ⓘ
influencedBy Plato ⓘ
Pythagoreanism ⓘ
knownFor early developments in ethics ⓘ
early developments in metaphysics ⓘ
succeeding Plato as head of the Academy ⓘ
memberOf Platonic Academy ⓘ
linked to: Academy of Athens
name Speusippus ⓘ
notableStudent Xenocrates ⓘ
notableWork On Pythagorean Numbers ⓘ
On the Genera and Species ⓘ
On the Soul ⓘ
occupation philosopher ⓘ
philosophicalConcept classification of knowledge into sciences ⓘ
distinction between One and Good ⓘ
doctrine of multiple principles ⓘ
gradation of beings from One to multiplicity ⓘ
teleological view of the Good ⓘ
positionHeld scholarch of the Academy ⓘ
predecessor Plato ⓘ
relative Plato ⓘ
schoolOrTradition Old Academy ⓘ
Platonism ⓘ
successor Xenocrates ⓘ
uncle Plato ⓘ
viewOnEthics held that virtue is sufficient for happiness with external conditions ⓘ
identified happiness with a state of perfection and completeness ⓘ
viewOnForms rejected Plato’s separate Forms in favor of numbers and magnitudes ⓘ
viewOnGood Good is a goal realized at the end of development ⓘ
viewOnSoul soul is a self-moving number ⓘ
worksStatus survives only in fragments and testimonia ⓘ

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Academy of Athens (ancient) → notableStudent → Speusippus ⓘ
subject linked to: Academy of Athens
Academy of Athens (ancient) → headOfSchool → Speusippus ⓘ
subject linked to: Academy of Athens
Isocrates → student → Speusippus ⓘ
Speusippus → name → Speusippus ⓘ
Xenocrates → predecessor → Speusippus ⓘ
Heraclides Ponticus → studentOf → Speusippus ⓘ
Old Academy → hasHead → Speusippus ⓘ
Academy → significantPerson → Speusippus ⓘ
On Pythagorean Numbers → author → Speusippus ⓘ
On Pythagorean Numbers → workOf → Speusippus ⓘ
On the Genera and Species → author → Speusippus ⓘ
On the Genera and Species → workOf → Speusippus ⓘ
On the Soul (Speusippus) → author → Speusippus ⓘ
subject linked to: On the Soul
Plato's circle → hasMember → Speusippus ⓘ