Definition of Scholarch. Meaning of Scholarch. Synonyms of Scholarch

- A scholarch (Ancient Gr****: σχολάρχης, scholarchēs) was the head of a school in ancient Greece. The term is especially remembered for its use to mean...
- an eminent Gr**** Platonist philosopher and Plato's third successor as scholarch (i.e., head of the Academy) from 314/313 to 270/269 BC. A pupil of Xenocrates...
- Rhodius; fl. c. 60 BC) was a Gr**** philosopher from Rhodes who was also the scholarch (head) of the Peripatetic school. He is most famous for publishing a new...
- BC) of Chalcedon was a Gr**** philosopher, mathematician, and leader (scholarch) of the Platonic Academy from 339/8 to 314/3 BC. His teachings followed...
- Aristotle's works were not widely read. The names of the first seven or eight scholarchs (leaders) of the Peripatetic school are known with varying levels of certainty...
- the latter commence with Arcesilaus. Plato's immediate successors as "Scholarch" of the Academy were Speusippus (347–339 BC), Xenocrates (339–314 BC)...
- of philosophy, and of his Scholarch Epicurus, by employing literary devices like the "Broken Jar parable" (where the Scholarch is credited with helping...
- most famous and the most enthusiastic. Philo was the last undisputed scholarch of the Academy in direct succession from Plato. After his death in 84/3...
- philosophical skepticism. Arcesilaus succeeded Crates of Athens as the sixth scholarch of the academy around 264 BC. He did not preserve his thoughts in writing...
- and boxer who was the successor to Zeno of Citium as the second head (scholarch) of the Stoic school in Athens. Originally a boxer, he came to Athens...