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Tusculan Disputations · Character

Xenocrates

Academic philosopher; third head of Plato's Academy.

minor

Also known as Xenocrates

First appearance: tusculan disputations

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ARAristotlePOPhilo of LarissaARAristoxenusSOSocratesPLPlatoXEXenocrates

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