History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps HoP 051 - The Next Generation - the Followers of Plato and Aristotle
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Oct 23, 2011 AI Snips
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Old Academy's Technical Platonism
- The old Academy followed the technical, mathematical Plato rather than the skeptical one admired later.
- This focus marked a distinct strand of Platonism emphasizing mathematics and metaphysics over skepticism.
Diogenes and Pumpkin Joke
- Diogenes mocked the Academy’s definition of man as a featherless biped by presenting a plucked chicken.
- Comic author Epicrates joked about their debates on classifying pumpkins.
Mathematical Reality Structure
- Spucippus and Xenocrates expanded Plato’s principles of unity and multiplicity into layered realities involving numbers and forms.
- They envisioned a mathematical structure underlying reality, influencing later religious and philosophical ideas.