Xenocrates

[ zuh-nok-ruh-teez ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Xenocrates

/ zɛˈnɒkrəˌtiːz; ˌzɛnəˈkrætɪk /

Xenocrates?396 bc314 bcMGreekPHILOSOPHY: philosopher ?396–314 bc , Greek Platonic philosopher

Seeing that place thus filled he said, "It would be a shame for me to be silent, when Xenocrates speaks."

For example, he cites Xenocrates as the writer of a list of geometricians and Varro as the writer of a list of poets.

At the age of eighteen he went to Athens, where the Platonic school was flourishing under the lead of Xenocrates.

It is found in the theories of Speusippus, Xenocrates, and also to some extent in those of the Peripatetics.

Xenocrates gained a golden crown, awarded by Dionysius the tyrant to the deepest drinker.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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