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Speusippus of Athens, fl. mid-4th century BC. Plato's nephew, who headed the Academy following Plato's death. Some of his writings on numbers have survived; however, he is best remembered for his denial of Plato's forms.

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• Lives of the Philosophers: Life of Speusippus

  http://www.classicpersuasion.org/pw/diogenes/dlspeusippus.htm
  Section on this ancient thinker by Diogenes Laertius, as translated by C.D. Yonge.

• Speusippus

  http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/speusippus/
  Article from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy by Russell Dancy. Reviews in depth what is known about his life and doctrines.

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