Old Academy
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The Old Academy was the early phase of Plato’s Academy in ancient Athens, characterized by the development and interpretation of Plato’s original philosophical doctrines before later shifts in emphasis and method.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Old Academy canonical | 20 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4604084 — 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: Old Academy Context triple: [Middle Platonism, follows, Old Academy]
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A.
West School
West School is a public elementary school serving students in the New Canaan, Connecticut community.
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South School
South School is a public elementary school serving early-grade students in the New Canaan, Connecticut community.
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C.
South School
South School is a public elementary school serving young students in the town of Stoneham, Massachusetts.
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D.
Wellacre Academy
Wellacre Academy is a boys' secondary school and sixth form located in Urmston, Greater Manchester, England.
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E.
East School
East School is a public elementary school serving young students in the New Canaan, Connecticut community.
- 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: Old Academy Target entity description: The Old Academy was the early phase of Plato’s Academy in ancient Athens, characterized by the development and interpretation of Plato’s original philosophical doctrines before later shifts in emphasis and method.
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A.
West School
West School is a public elementary school serving students in the New Canaan, Connecticut community.
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B.
South School
South School is a public elementary school serving early-grade students in the New Canaan, Connecticut community.
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C.
South School
South School is a public elementary school serving young students in the town of Stoneham, Massachusetts.
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D.
Wellacre Academy
Wellacre Academy is a boys' secondary school and sixth form located in Urmston, Greater Manchester, England.
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E.
East School
East School is a public elementary school serving young students in the New Canaan, Connecticut community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Platonic school
ⓘ
ancient Greek philosophical movement ⓘ phase of philosophical school ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Plato ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
dialectic
ⓘ
ethics ⓘ mathematics ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ theory of Forms ⓘ |
| endPoint | around 3rd century BCE ⓘ |
| follows | founding of Plato’s Academy ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Plato ⓘ |
| hasHead |
Crates of Athens
ⓘ
Plato ⓘ Polemon of Athens ⓘ Speusippus ⓘ Xenocrates ⓘ |
| hasMainFocus |
development of Plato’s doctrines
ⓘ
interpretation of Plato’s dialogues ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
Aristotle
ⓘ
Eudoxus of Cnidus ⓘ Heraclides Ponticus ⓘ Philip of Opus ⓘ |
| influenced |
Hellenistic Platonism
ⓘ
linked to:
Middle Platonism
Middle Academy ⓘ later Neoplatonism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Heraclitus
ⓘ
Parmenides ⓘ Pythagoreanism ⓘ Socrates ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ancient Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
Athens ⓘ |
| meetsAt |
grove of Akademos
ⓘ
linked to:
Akademos
gymnasium outside the walls of Athens ⓘ |
| partOf |
Plato’s Academy
ⓘ
linked to:
Academy of Athens
|
| philosophicalMethod |
dialectical discussion in a school setting
ⓘ
systematic exposition of Plato’s views ⓘ |
| philosophicalOrientation | dogmatic Platonism ⓘ |
| precedes |
Middle Academy
ⓘ
New Academy ⓘ |
| startPoint | lifetime of Plato ⓘ |
| studies |
astronomy
ⓘ
geometry ⓘ harmonics ⓘ mathematical sciences ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
4th century BCE
ⓘ
early Hellenistic period ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Old Academy Description of subject: The Old Academy was the early phase of Plato’s Academy in ancient Athens, characterized by the development and interpretation of Plato’s original philosophical doctrines before later shifts in emphasis and method.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.