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PHILOSOPHY OF ACADEMY

\fɪlˈɒsəfi ɒv ɐkˈadəmi], \fɪlˈɒsəfi ɒv ɐkˈadəmi], \f_ɪ_l_ˈɒ_s_ə_f_i_ ɒ_v ɐ_k_ˈa_d_ə_m_i]\

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i.e. Platonism. The Academia (called after its supposed owner, the hero Academos), being a garden in the suburbs of Athens, where Socrates discoursed, and Plato taught for nearly half a century. Hence Academy = seat of learning.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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