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Academy

1. the Older, a school of philosophy founded by Plato and so called from its home; their doctrine of ideas, 3.76, 81.

the pre-existence and immortality of the soul; monotheism; the goodness of God; striving after His perfection. 2.

the New, a modification of the Old, sceptical, anti-dogmatic, eclectic, 3.20.

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    • Cicero, De Officiis, 3.2
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 3.20
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 3.76
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 3.81
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