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Platonism

Platonism is the philosophy of Plato and philosophical systems closely derived from it, considered the opposite of nominalism, or anti-realism. Platonism has had a profound influence on Western thought. Platonism or Platonic realism affirms the real existence of forms or abstract objects, originally to solve the problem of universals. Abstract objects…

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Platonism → Ackermann, An Examination, An Interpretation, Asbury Samuel Ralph, Cassirer, Christian Platonism, Clark, Classic, Daniel Pickering, Dorothea, Dorter, Duckworth, Edinburgh, Eighteenth Century, England, Ernst, Fifteenth, Frede, Harper, Humanistic Strains
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Platonism → Arturo Reghini, Christianity, Evola, Hermeticism, Islam, Islamic, Italian, Jewish, Julius Evola, Mandaeism, Manichaeism, Neoplatonic, Platonic, Roman, Through European Renaissance, Traditionalist
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Platonism → philosophy of Plato and philosophical systems closely derived from it, view that there exist such things as abstract objects

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Platonismis aphilosophy of Plato and philosophical systems closely derived from it0.90text
Platonismis aview that there exist such things as abstract objects0.90text
the Phaedoinstance ofThe Forms are typically described in dialogues0.80text
Symposiuminstance ofThe Forms are typically described in dialogues0.80text
Republic as perfect archetypes of which objects in the everyday world are imperfect copiesinstance ofThe Forms are typically described in dialogues0.80text
at the School of Chartresinstance ofPlatonism influenced various philosophers0.80text
Platoinstance ofContemporary philosophyModern PlatonismApart from historical Platonism originating from thinkers0.80text
Plotinusinstance ofContemporary philosophyModern PlatonismApart from historical Platonism originating from thinkers0.80text
we also encounter the theory of abstract objects in the modern sense.Platonism is the view that there exist such things as abstract objectsinstance ofContemporary philosophyModern PlatonismApart from historical Platonism originating from thinkers0.80text
Alfred North Whiteheadinstance ofPlato's works have been decisively influential for 20th century philosophers0.80text
his Process Philosophyinstance ofPlato's works have been decisively influential for 20th century philosophers0.80text
Platoinstance ofModern PlatonismApart from historical Platonism originating from thinkers0.80text

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