Roman Academic tradition
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continuation of the Platonic Academy
intellectual movement
philosophical tradition
skeptical philosophy
The Roman Academic tradition was a philosophical movement in ancient Rome that adapted and continued the skeptical and critical methods of the Hellenistic Platonic Academy within a Roman intellectual and cultural context.
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| Roman Academic tradition canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Roman Academic tradition Context triple: [Philo of Larissa, influenced, Roman Academic tradition]
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Roman School of music
The Roman School of music was a prominent group of 16th- and early 17th-century composers centered in Rome, renowned for their refined sacred polyphony that epitomized the ideals of the Counter-Reformation.
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Anatolian humanism is a Turkish intellectual and cultural movement that reinterprets the humanist tradition through the history, folklore, and values of Anatolia, emphasizing a synthesis of Western humanism with local cultural roots.
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Roman school of painting
The Roman school of painting was a Renaissance artistic movement centered in Rome, known for its synthesis of classical ideals with contemporary innovations and for attracting leading artists from across Italy and Europe.
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Renaissance Latin
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Classical antiquity
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Target entity: Roman Academic tradition Target entity description: The Roman Academic tradition was a philosophical movement in ancient Rome that adapted and continued the skeptical and critical methods of the Hellenistic Platonic Academy within a Roman intellectual and cultural context.
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A.
Roman School of music
The Roman School of music was a prominent group of 16th- and early 17th-century composers centered in Rome, renowned for their refined sacred polyphony that epitomized the ideals of the Counter-Reformation.
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B.
Anatolian humanism
Anatolian humanism is a Turkish intellectual and cultural movement that reinterprets the humanist tradition through the history, folklore, and values of Anatolia, emphasizing a synthesis of Western humanism with local cultural roots.
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C.
Roman school of painting
The Roman school of painting was a Renaissance artistic movement centered in Rome, known for its synthesis of classical ideals with contemporary innovations and for attracting leading artists from across Italy and Europe.
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D.
Renaissance Latin
Renaissance Latin is the form of Latin revived and used by European scholars, writers, and humanists during the Renaissance, characterized by a return to classical models and extensive use in literature, science, and scholarship.
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E.
Classical antiquity
Classical antiquity is the long era of ancient Greek and Roman civilization, marked by major developments in politics, philosophy, art, and literature that profoundly shaped Western culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
continuation of the Platonic Academy
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intellectual movement ⓘ philosophical tradition ⓘ skeptical philosophy ⓘ |
| adaptedFrom |
Greek Academic skepticism
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Platonic dialectic ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Stoic epistemology
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dogmatic Platonism ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Roman educational system
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Roman intellectual culture ⓘ |
| developedIn |
ancient Rome
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linked to:
Roman Antiquity
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| emphasizes |
critical examination of beliefs
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dialectical argument ⓘ ethical deliberation under uncertainty ⓘ probabilism ⓘ suspension of judgment ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
criteria of truth
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limits of human knowledge ⓘ practical wisdom under uncertainty ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Greek
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Latin ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalOrientation |
critical method
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skepticism ⓘ |
| influenced |
Augustine of Hippo
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Cicero ⓘ Latin philosophical vocabulary ⓘ Roman legal reasoning ⓘ Roman rhetorical theory ⓘ later Western skepticism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Arcesilaus
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Carneades ⓘ Hellenistic Platonic Academy ⓘ
linked to:
Academy (Platonic school)
Hellenistic skepticism ⓘ
linked to:
Hellenistic philosophy
Middle Academy ⓘ New Academy ⓘ Plato ⓘ |
| keyFigure |
Antiochus of Ascalon
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Arcesilaus ⓘ Carneades ⓘ Cicero ⓘ Philo of Larissa ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Epicureanism
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Roman Stoic tradition ⓘ Stoicism ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early Roman Empire
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late Roman Republic ⓘ |
| transmittedThrough |
Latin treatises
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Roman rhetorical schools ⓘ philosophical dialogues ⓘ |
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