Xenocrates
E190144
Xenocrates was a prominent ancient Greek philosopher who led Plato’s Academy and significantly developed Platonic and early Academic thought.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Xenocrates canonical | 13 |
| Arcesilaus | 1 |
| Xenocrates at Assos | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1685521 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xenocrates Context triple: [Academy of Athens (ancient), notableStudent, Xenocrates]
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A.
Timaeus of Tauromenium
Timaeus of Tauromenium was an ancient Greek historian of Magna Graecia, best known for his extensive universal history that greatly influenced later writers like Polybius and Diodorus Siculus.
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B.
Euclid of Megara
Euclid of Megara was an ancient Greek philosopher, founder of the Megarian school, known for combining Socratic ethics with Eleatic logic and dialectical methods.
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C.
Simplicius of Cilicia
Simplicius of Cilicia was a 6th-century Neoplatonist philosopher and commentator whose detailed exegeses on Aristotle and Presocratic thinkers, including Parmenides, are key sources for ancient Greek philosophy.
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D.
Cebes of Thebes
Cebes of Thebes was an ancient Greek philosopher, a disciple of Socrates, and a prominent interlocutor in Plato’s dialogue "Phaedo."
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E.
Philo of Byzantium
Philo of Byzantium was a Hellenistic engineer and writer known for his works on mechanics and for one of the earliest surviving accounts of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xenocrates Target entity description: Xenocrates was a prominent ancient Greek philosopher who led Plato’s Academy and significantly developed Platonic and early Academic thought.
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A.
Timaeus of Tauromenium
Timaeus of Tauromenium was an ancient Greek historian of Magna Graecia, best known for his extensive universal history that greatly influenced later writers like Polybius and Diodorus Siculus.
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B.
Euclid of Megara
Euclid of Megara was an ancient Greek philosopher, founder of the Megarian school, known for combining Socratic ethics with Eleatic logic and dialectical methods.
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C.
Simplicius of Cilicia
Simplicius of Cilicia was a 6th-century Neoplatonist philosopher and commentator whose detailed exegeses on Aristotle and Presocratic thinkers, including Parmenides, are key sources for ancient Greek philosophy.
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D.
Cebes of Thebes
Cebes of Thebes was an ancient Greek philosopher, a disciple of Socrates, and a prominent interlocutor in Plato’s dialogue "Phaedo."
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E.
Philo of Byzantium
Philo of Byzantium was a Hellenistic engineer and writer known for his works on mechanics and for one of the earliest surviving accounts of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Platonist philosopher
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ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ ethicist ⓘ metaphysician ⓘ scholarch ⓘ |
| activeIn | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Athens ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Chalcedon ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Ancient Greece
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linked to:
Greek Antiquity
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| contributedTo | development of early Academic thought ⓘ |
| developed |
early Academic interpretation of Plato
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ethical doctrine centered on rational control of passions ⓘ systematic Platonic theology ⓘ |
| era |
Hellenistic philosophy
ⓘ
Old Academy ⓘ |
| follows | Plato ⓘ |
| headOf |
Platonic Academy
ⓘ
linked to:
Academy of Athens
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| influenced |
Arcesilaus
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Crantor of Soli ⓘ Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ Middle Platonism ⓘ Polemon of Athens ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Plato
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Pythagorean philosophy ⓘ Socrates ⓘ |
| knownFor |
doctrine of intermediate daemons
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leading Plato’s Academy after Speusippus ⓘ strict personal moral discipline ⓘ systematizing Platonic metaphysics ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
epistemology
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ethics ⓘ mathematics in philosophy ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Platonic Academy
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linked to:
Academy of Athens
|
| notableIdea |
classification of virtues as forms of knowledge
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doctrine of daemons as intermediate beings ⓘ identification of Forms with numbers ⓘ soul as self-moving number ⓘ tripartite division of reality into gods, daemons, and humans ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Old Academy
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Platonism ⓘ |
| positionHeld | scholarch of the Platonic Academy ⓘ |
| predecessor | Speusippus ⓘ |
| studentOf |
Aeschines of Sphettus
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Plato ⓘ |
| successor | Polemon of Athens ⓘ |
| workStatus | writings survive only in fragments and testimonia ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Xenocrates Description of subject: Xenocrates was a prominent ancient Greek philosopher who led Plato’s Academy and significantly developed Platonic and early Academic thought.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Academy of Athens
subject linked to:
Academy of Athens
subject linked to:
Academy of Athens
linked to: Xenocrates
linked to: Xenocrates