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Platonism Platonism
PLATONISM. A principle feature of Platonism, which refers to the doctrines or philosophies influenced by Plato, is the belief in the existence of a distinction between the world that appears to the senses and a real realm that can be grasped only by the intellect. This latter realm contains the... Read more
Polyhedrons Polyhedrons
Platonic Solids Historical Significance Resources The term platonic solids refers to regular polyhedra. In geometry, a polyhedron, (the word is a Greek neologism meaning many seats) is a solid bounded by plane surfaces, which are called the faces; the intersection of three or more edges is... Read more
Marsilio Ficino Marsilio Ficino
Marsilio Ficino , 1433-99, Italian philosopher. Under the patronage of Cosimo de' Medici, Ficino became the most influential exponent of Platonism in Italy in the 15th cent. He translated many of the Greek classics into Latin, among them Plato's dialogues and the writings of Plotinus. Chosen by... Read more
Francesco Patrizi Francesco Patrizi
PATRIZI, FRANCESCO(1529–1597) Francesco Patrizi, also known as Patritius, was a vigorous defender of Platonism and an unremitting foe of Aristotelianism. He was versatile even for his time, being at once philosopher, mathematician, historian, soldier, and literary critic. Born in Dalmatia,... Read more
Cambridge Platonists Cambridge Platonists
Cambridge Platonists group of English philosophers, centered at Cambridge in the latter half of the 17th cent. In reaction to the mechanical philosophy of Thomas Hobbes this school revived certain Platonic and Neoplatonic ideas. Chief among these was a mystical conception of the soul's relation to... Read more
Eunomius Eunomius
Eunomius , c.AD 333-AD 393?, bishop of Cyzicus (c.361), founder of the Eunomian heresy. He was a disciple and secretary of Aetius whose extreme Arianism he adopted. His followers were called Eunomians or Anomoeans [Gr.,=unlike], from their denial of any substantial similarity between God the... Read more
Henry More Henry More
Henry More 1614-87, English philosopher, one of the foremost representatives of the school of Cambridge Platonists . His writings emphasized the mystical and theosophic phases of that philosophy, and as he grew older mysticism dominated his writings. Newton studied under him, and his concept of... Read more
John Norris John Norris
John Norris 1657-1711, English clergyman and philosopher. As the most prominent follower of Malebranche he wrote, in exposition of that philosopher's system, An Essay towards the Theory of the Ideal or Intelligible World (1701-4). Previously he had been one of the earliest critics of Locke's ... Read more
Illusion Illusion
ILLUSION Illusion is an error experienced by someone who is misled (illudere ) by the nature of evidence or the seductive appearance of something that deceives. The deceiver may be personified (Descartes's "evil genius") or limited to a physical or physiological cause (the illusions of the senses),... Read more

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