List of ancient Platonists

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Platonists are followers of Platonism, the philosophy of Plato. Platonism can be said to have begun when Plato founded his academy c. 385 BC. Ancient Platonism went on to last until the end of the last remaining pagan school of Platonism in Alexandria which was brought on by the Muslim conquest of Egypt in 641, over a thousand years after the opening of the first Platonic school. Platonism had an immense impact on the intellectual life of the ancient world eventually becoming the dominant philosophy of late antiquity.

Bust of Plato Name  | Period  | School

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Aedesia | fl. 5th century  | Neoplatonist
Aedesius | died 355  | Neoplatonist
Aeneas of Gaza | fl. 5th century / died c. 518  | Neoplatonist
Aeschines of Neapolis | fl. c. 110 BC  | New Academy
Agapius | fl. 5th – 6th century  | Neoplatonist
Albinus | fl. c. 150  | Middle Platonist
Alcinous | fl. c. 2nd century  | Middle Platonist
Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius  | fl. 395 – 423  | Neoplatonist
Amelius | fl. c. 250 – 300  | Neoplatonist
Ammonius Hermiae | c. 440 – c. 520  | Neoplatonist
Ammonius of Athens | fl. 1st century  | Middle Platonist
Ammonius Saccas | fl. 3rd century  | Neoplatonist
Antiochus of Ascalon | c. 130 BC – 68/67 BC  | Middle Platonist
Antoninus | fl. 4th century  | Neoplatonist
Apuleius | c. 125 – c. 180  | Middle Platonist
Arcesilaus | c. 316 BC – c. 241 BC  | Middle Academy
Aristonymus | fl. 4th century BC  | Academy
Asclepigenia | fl. 430  | Neoplatonist
Asclepiodotus of Alexandria | fl. c. 550-600  | Neoplatonist
Atticus | fl. c. 175  | Middle Platonist
Augustine of Hippo | 354 – 430 AD  | Neoplatonist
Axiothea of Phlius | fl. 4th century BC  | Academy
Boethius | c. 477–524 AD  | Neoplatonist
Calippus of Syracuse  | died 351/0 BC  | Academy
Carneades of Carnea | c. 214 BC – 129/8 BC  | New Academy
Cassius Longinus | c. 213–273  | Middle Platonist
Charmadas | 164 BC – c. 95 BC  | New Academy
Chaeron of Pellene | fl. 4th century BC  | Academy
Chrysanthius of Sardis | fl. 4th century  | Neoplatonist
Clement of Alexandria | c. 150 – c. 215  | Middle Platonist
Clitomachus | 187 BC – 109 BC  | New Academy
Coriscus of Scepsis | fl. 4th century BC  | Academy
Crantor | born c. 350 BC  | Academy
Crates of Athens | died 268–265 BC  | Academy
Damascius | born c. 458, died after 538  | Neoplatonist
Demetrius of Amphipolis | fl. 4th century BC  | Academy
Dexippus | fl. 350  | Neoplatonist
Dio of Alexandria | fl. 1st century BC  | New Academy
Diocles of Cnidus | fl. 3rd or 2nd century BC?  | Middle Academy
Diodorus of Adramyttium | fl. 1st century BC  | New Academy
Domninus of Larissa | c. 420 – c. 480  | Neoplatonist
Erastus of Scepsis | fl. 4th century BC  | Academy
Euaeon of Lampsacus | fl. 4th century BC  | Academy
Eudoxus of Cnidus | 410/408 BC – 355/347 BC  | Academy
Eusebius of Myndus | fl. 4th century  | Neoplatonist
Eustathius of Cappadocia | c. 400  | Neoplatonist
Evander | fl. c. 215 – c. 205  | Middle Academy
Gaius the Platonist | fl. 2nd century  | Middle Platonist
Hagnon of Tarsus | fl. 2nd century BC  | New Academy
Hegesinus of Pergamon | fl. c. 160 BC  | Middle Academy
Hegias | fl. c. 500  | Neoplatonist
Heliodorus of Alexandria | fl. 5th century  | Neoplatonist
Heraclides of Aenus | fl. 4th century  | Academy
Heraclides Ponticus | 387 BC – 312 BC  | Academy
Hermias | born c. 410 – died c. 450  | Neoplatonist
Hermodorus of Syracuse | fl. 4th century BC  | Academy
Hestiaeus of Perinthus | fl. 4th century BC  | Academy
Hierius | fl c. 500  | Neoplatonist
Hierocles of Alexandria | fl. c. 430  | Neoplatonist
Hypatia of Alexandria  | born 350-370 – 415  | Neoplatonist
Iamblichus Chalcidensis | c. 245 – c. 325  | Neoplatonist
Isidore of Alexandria | fl. c. 475  | Neoplatonist
Lacydes of Cyrene | before 241 – c. 205 BC  | Middle Academy
Lastheneia of Mantinea | fl. 4th century BC  | Academy
Marinus of Neapolis | born c. 450  | Neoplatonist
Maximus of Ephesus | died 372  | Neoplatonist
Maximus of Tyre | fl. 2nd century  | Middle Platonist
Menedemus of Pyrrha | fl. c. 350 BC  | Academy
Metrodorus of Stratonicea | fl. 2nd century BC  | New Academy
Numenius of Apamea | fl. c. 275  | Middle Platonist
Nymphidianus of Smyrna | fl. c. 360  | Neoplatonist
Olympiodorus the Younger | c. 495 – 570  | Neoplatonist
Onasander | fl. 1st century  | Middle Platonist
Origen | c. 184 – c. 253  | Neoplatonist
Origen the Pagan | fl. c. 250  | Middle Platonist
Philip of Opus | fl. 4th century BC  | Academy
Philo of Alexandria  | 20 BC – 50 AD  | Middle Platonist
Philo of Larissa | 159/158 BC – 84/83 BC  | New Academy
Plato | 428/427 BC – 348/347 BC  | Academy
Plotinus | c. 204 – 270  | Neoplatonist
Plutarch | c. 46 – 120  | Middle Platonist
Plutarch of Athens | c. 350 – 430  | Neoplatonist
Polemon | before 314 BC – 270/269 BC  | Academy
Porphyry of Tyre | 234 – c. 305  | Neoplatonist
Priscian of Lydia | fl. c. 550  | Neoplatonist
Priscus of Epirus | c. 305 – c. 395  | Neoplatonist
Proclus Lycaeus | 412 – 485  | Neoplatonist
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite | fl. 500  | Neoplatonist
Python of Aenus | fl. 4th century BC  | Academy
Simplicius of Cilicia | c. 490 – c. 560  | Neoplatonist
Sopater of Apamea | died before 337  | Neoplatonist
Sosipatra of Ephesus | fl. c. 325  | Neoplatonist
Speusippus | c. 407 BC – 339 BC  | Academy
Synesius | c. 373 – c. 414  | Neoplatonist
Syrianus | died c. 437  | Neoplatonist
Telecles of Phocis | died 167/1666 BC  | Middle Academy
Theodorus of Asine | fl. 3rd century  | Neoplatonist
Timaeus the Sophist | fl. between 1st and 4th centuries  | Middle Platonist
Timolaus of Cyzicus | fl. 4th century BC  | Academy
Xenocrates of Chalcedon | c. 396 BC – 314 BC  | Academy
Zenodotus | fl. c. 475  | Neoplatonist

## See also

* List of ancient Greek philosophers
* List of Cynic philosophers
* List of Epicurean philosophers
* List of Stoic philosophers

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Platonists

Academics|

| Old|

* Plato
* Aristotle
* Eudoxus
* Philip of Opus
* Aristonymus
* Coriscus and Erastus of Scepsis
* Demetrius of Amphipolis
* Euaeon of Lampsacus
* Heraclides and Python of Aenus
* Hestiaeus of Perinthus
* Lastheneia of Mantinea
* Timolaus of Cyzicus
* Speusippus
* Axiothea of Phlius
* Heraclides Ponticus
* Menedemus of Pyrrha
* Xenocrates
* Crantor
* Polemon
* Crates of Athens

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Skeptics|

| Middle|

* Arcesilaus
* Diocles of Cnidus
* Lacydes
* Telecles and Evander
* Hegesinus

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New|

* Carneades
* Hagnon of Tarsus
* Metrodorus of Stratonicea
* Clitomachus
* Charmadas
* Aeschines of Neapolis
* Philo of Larissa
* Cicero
* Dio of Alexandria

Middle Platonists|

* Antiochus
* Philo of Alexandria
* Plutarch
* Justin Martyr
* Gaius
* Albinus
* Alcinous
* Apuleius
* Atticus
* Maximus of Tyre
* Numenius of Apamea
* Longinus
* Clement of Alexandria
* Origen the Pagan
* Calcidius

Neoplatonists|

| Ancient|

* Ammonius Saccas
* Plotinus
* Disciples
* Origen
* Amelius
* Porphyry
* Iamblichus
* Sopater
* Eustathius of Cappadocia
* Sosipatra
* Aedesius
* Dexippus
* Chrysanthius
* Theodorus of Asine
* Julian
* Sallustius
* Maximus of Ephesus
* Eusebius of Myndus
* Priscus of Epirus
* Antoninus
* Gregory of Nyssa
* Hypatia
* Augustine
* Macrobius

| Academy|

* Plutarch of Athens
* Asclepigenia
* Hierocles
* Syrianus
* Hermias
* Aedesia
* Proclus
* Ammonius Hermiae
* Asclepiodotus
* Hegias
* Zenodotus
* Marinus
* Agapius
* Isidore
* Damascius
* Simplicius
* Priscian

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Medieval|

* Boethius
* John Philoponus
* Olympiodorus
* Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
* John Scotus Eriugena

| Islamic Golden Age|

* Al-Farabi

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* Anselm
* Peter Abelard

Chartres|

* Bernard
* Gilbert
* Thierry

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* Henry of Ghent
* Bonaventure
* Meister Eckhart
* Paul of Venice

Modern|

| Renaissance|

| Florentine Academy|

* Plethon
* Marsilio Ficino
* Cristoforo Landino
* Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

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Cambridge|

* Ralph Cudworth
* Henry More
* Anne Conway

* Petrus Ramus
* Giordano Bruno
* Blaise Pascal
* Emanuel Swedenborg

German idealists|

* Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
* Christian Wolff
* Moses Mendelssohn
* Immanuel Kant
* Johann Gottlieb Fichte
* Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
* G. W. F. Hegel
* Hermann Lotze

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* Thomas Taylor
* Ralph Waldo Emerson
* Josiah Royce
* Søren Kierkegaard
* Henri Bergson
* Aleksei Losev

Contemporary|

* Bernard Bolzano
* Philip K. Dick
* Joseph Ratzinger

| Analytic|

* Gottlob Frege
* G. E. Moore
* Kurt Gödel
* Alonzo Church
* Roderick Chisholm
* Michael Dummett
* W. V. O. Quine
* David Kaplan
* Saul Kripke
* Alvin Plantinga
* Peter van Inwagen
* Nicholas Wolterstorff
* Crispin Wright
* Edward N. Zalta

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Continental|

* Edmund Husserl
* Roman Ingarden
* Leo Strauss

Categories|

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