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The Academy

the Academy

also: Academia, Old Academy, Academiae

Plato's philosophical school; Cicero distinguishes the Old Academy (Speusippus, Xenocrates, Polemo, and the descent through Antiochus) from the sceptical New Academy of Arcesilas and Carneades.

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Mentioned in 14 works (36 total)

Ad Atticum 1.9 letters · 1 mention
On the Orator rhetoric · 4 mentions
On the Laws philosophy · 5 mentions
Ad Atticum 6.1 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 6.6 letters · 1 mention
Brutus rhetoric · 5 mentions
Orator: To Marcus Brutus rhetoric · 1 mention
Academica philosophy · 8 mentions
Ad Familiares 4.12 letters · 1 mention
On the Ends of Good and Evil philosophy · 2 mentions
On the Nature of the Gods philosophy · 2 mentions
Tusculan Disputations philosophy · 2 mentions
On Divination philosophy · 1 mention
On Fate philosophy · 2 mentions

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