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Also Known As Academeia • Academia • Greek Academy • Platonic Academy
Date c. 387 BCE - 529
Areas Of Involvement philosophy
Related People Plato • Xenocrates • Speusippus • Damascius • Carneades • Arcesilaus • Cleitomachus • Antiochus Of Ascalon • Aenesidemus • Chrysippus

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