Arcesilaus

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Arcesilaus was an ancient Greek philosopher and head of the Platonic Academy, known for introducing a skeptical turn to Platonism by emphasizing the impossibility of certain knowledge.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Academic skeptic ⓘ
Hellenistic philosopher ⓘ
ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ
head of the Platonic Academy ⓘ
associatedWith Platonic Academy in Athens ⓘ
birthPlace Pitane in Aeolis ⓘ
citizenship Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
deathPlace Athens ⓘ
disputedClaim whether he wrote any works ⓘ
era Hellenistic period ⓘ
floruit 3rd century BCE ⓘ
influenced Carneades ⓘ
Cicero ⓘ
later Academic skeptics ⓘ
influencedBy Crantor ⓘ
linked to: Crantor of Soli

Plato ⓘ
Pyrrho ⓘ
Socrates ⓘ
Theophrastus ⓘ
knownFor denial of the possibility of certain knowledge ⓘ
introducing skepticism into the Platonic Academy ⓘ
use of Socratic elenchus in argument ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
movement Middle Academy ⓘ
notableStudent Lacydes of Cyrene ⓘ
occupation philosopher ⓘ
opposedSchool Stoicism ⓘ
philosophicalConcept critique of Stoic kataleptic impressions ⓘ
probabilistic guidance of action ⓘ
suspension of judgment (epochē) ⓘ
positionHeld scholarch of the Platonic Academy ⓘ
predecessorOf Lacydes of Cyrene as head of the Academy ⓘ
region Aeolis ⓘ
roleInAcademy reoriented the Academy toward skepticism ⓘ
schoolTradition Academic Skepticism ⓘ
linked to: Skepticism

Platonism ⓘ
sourceForLife Diogenes Laertius ⓘ
standardName Arcesilaus of Pitane ⓘ
linked to: Arcesilaus
successorOf Crates of Athens as head of the Academy ⓘ
teachingMethod dialectical argumentation ⓘ
question-and-answer refutation ⓘ
viewOnAssent recommended withholding assent ⓘ
viewOnEthics held that the wise person lives according to what is reasonable or plausible ⓘ
viewOnKnowledge held that nothing can be known with certainty ⓘ

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Xenocrates → influenced → Arcesilaus ⓘ
Polemon of Athens → influenced → Arcesilaus ⓘ
Crates of Athens → successor → Arcesilaus of Pitane ⓘ
linked to: Arcesilaus
Carneades → influencedBy → Arcesilaus ⓘ
Arcesilaus I of Cyrene → namedAfter → Arcesilaus (Greek given name) ⓘ
linked to: Arcesilaus
Academy → significantPerson → Arcesilaus ⓘ
Arcesilaus → standardName → Arcesilaus of Pitane ⓘ
linked to: Arcesilaus