The Platonic Academy

GPTKB entity

Properties (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Academy
gptkbp:associatedWith Astronomy
Epistemology
Ethics
Mathematics
Metaphysics
The Allegory of the Cave
The pursuit of truth
The nature of reality
The importance of critical thinking
The concept of justice
The role of education in society
The role of the philosopher in society
The Theory of Ideas
The concept of ideal forms
The concept of the eternal
The concept of the good
The concept of the ideal state
The concept of the philosopher-king
The importance of dialectics
The importance of dialogue in philosophy
The importance of ethics in philosophy
The importance of philosophical inquiry
The influence on modern philosophy
The influence on political theory
The relationship between knowledge and virtue
The relationship between philosophy and science
The relationship between the soul and the body
The role of the state in education
The study of aesthetics
The study of rhetoric
The study of virtue
gptkbp:dissolved c. 529 AD
gptkbp:established c. 387 BC
gptkbp:foundedBy Plato
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Platonic Academy
gptkbp:influenced Western philosophy
Christian_theology
Islamic_philosophy
Renaissance_humanism
gptkbp:influencedBy Socrates
gptkbp:location gptkb:Athens
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Speusippus
gptkb:Philip_of_Opus
Xenocrates
gptkbp:notableEvent The development of the theory of forms
The establishment of the dialectical method
The influence on later philosophical schools
The introduction of the study of mathematics
The promotion of philosophical dialogue
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Phaedo
Symposium
The Republic
Timaeus
Phaedrus
gptkbp:philosophy Platonism
gptkbp:successor gptkb:The_Neoplatonic_Academy
gptkbp:type Philosophical school