Athenian Neoplatonic school
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The Athenian Neoplatonic school was a late antique center of pagan philosophical learning in Athens that developed and taught an advanced form of Neoplatonism, integrating Plato, Aristotle, and religious theology.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Athenian Neoplatonic school canonical | 11 |
| Alexandrian school of Neoplatonism | 2 |
| Athenian school of Neoplatonism | 2 |
| Platonic Academy (late antique) | 1 |
| School of Plotinus | 1 |
| school of Michael Psellos | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Athenian Neoplatonic school Context triple: [Simplicius of Cilicia, philosophicalSchool, Athenian Neoplatonic school]
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Peripatetic school
The Peripatetic school was the philosophical tradition founded by Aristotle in ancient Athens, known for its systematic inquiry into logic, metaphysics, ethics, and natural science.
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Cyrenaic school of philosophy
The Cyrenaic school of philosophy was an ancient Greek hedonistic movement, founded in Cyrene, that taught immediate physical pleasure as the highest good and the primary aim of life.
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School of Socrates
The School of Socrates was the informal circle of students and followers gathered around the philosopher Socrates in classical Athens, which later gave rise to several major Socratic schools of thought.
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Eleatic school
The Eleatic school was an ancient Greek philosophical movement, centered in Elea, that emphasized the unchanging, unified nature of reality and is best known through thinkers like Parmenides and Zeno.
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Ionian school
The Ionian school was an early Greek philosophical movement centered in Ionia that sought natural, rational explanations for the cosmos and is considered a foundation of Western philosophy.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Athenian Neoplatonic school Target entity description: The Athenian Neoplatonic school was a late antique center of pagan philosophical learning in Athens that developed and taught an advanced form of Neoplatonism, integrating Plato, Aristotle, and religious theology.
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A.
Peripatetic school
The Peripatetic school was the philosophical tradition founded by Aristotle in ancient Athens, known for its systematic inquiry into logic, metaphysics, ethics, and natural science.
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B.
Cyrenaic school of philosophy
The Cyrenaic school of philosophy was an ancient Greek hedonistic movement, founded in Cyrene, that taught immediate physical pleasure as the highest good and the primary aim of life.
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C.
School of Socrates
The School of Socrates was the informal circle of students and followers gathered around the philosopher Socrates in classical Athens, which later gave rise to several major Socratic schools of thought.
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D.
Eleatic school
The Eleatic school was an ancient Greek philosophical movement, centered in Elea, that emphasized the unchanging, unified nature of reality and is best known through thinkers like Parmenides and Zeno.
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E.
Ionian school
The Ionian school was an early Greek philosophical movement centered in Ionia that sought natural, rational explanations for the cosmos and is considered a foundation of Western philosophy.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Life of Proclus by Marinus of Neapolis
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