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Xenocrates of Chalcedon
Xenocrates of Chalcedon
c. 396 BCE–c. 314 BCE · Athens
Xenocrates of Chalcedon (c. 396/395-314/313 BCE) was a Greek philosopher who led Plato's Academy in Athens for many years. He systematized and elaborated Platonic doctrine, especially in metaphysics, the theory of numbers and ideas, and ethics, though his many writings survive only in fragments and later reports.
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