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单词 new academy
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New Academyn.

Brit. /ˌnjuː əˈkadəmi/, U.S. /ˌn(j)u əˈkædəmi/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; [perhaps modelled on a Greek lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: new adj., academy n.
Etymology: < new adj. + academy n., after Hellenistic Greek νέα Ἀκαδημία, classical Latin Acadēmīa nova, or Middle French nouuelle Academie (1565 or earlier).
Ancient Greek Philosophy.
Any of certain schools of philosophy founded in Athens by successors of Plato as heads of the Academy; spec. (a) that founded by Arcesilaus (316/15–242/1 b.c.) in the 3rd century b.c., now usually called Middle Academy (see Middle Academy n.); (b) that founded in the 2nd century b.c. by Carneades of Cyrene (214/13–129/8 b.c.) and developing the mainly sceptical philosophy of Arcesilaus.
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New Academy1579
Pyrrhonism1603
Middle Academy1660
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 1056 He loved Platoes sect best, & did not much geue him selfe to the new nor meane Academy as they call it, but altogether to the old Academy.
1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. iv. 33 Those of the new Academy, though they say all things are incomprehensible, differ from the Scepticks.
1744 W. Guthrie in tr. Cicero Morals Introd. p. v It was by Sincerity alone that the New Academy could hope to recommend that Moderation which was their peculiar Distinction.
1744 W. Guthrie tr. Cicero Academical Treat. i, in tr. Cicero Morals 321 This they call'd the new Academy, tho' it appears to me to be the old one, at least we may look upon Plato to have been of the old.
1853 C. D. Yonge in tr. Cicero Acad. Questions p. xxix On the death of Crantor he [sc. Arcesilaus] succeeded to the chair of the Academy, in the doctrines of which he made so many innovations that he is called the founder of the New Academy.
1856 W. A. Butler Lect. Hist. Anc. Philos. II. iv. i. 318 The sceptical side of Platonism represented by the New Academy, the doctrinal by the Neo-platonists.
1902 J. M. Baldwin Dict. Philos. & Psychol. II. 496/2 The New Academy, under Philo of Larissa (about 100 b.c.) and Antiochus, turned to dogmatism and eclecticism.
1967 P. Merlan in Cambr. Hist. Later Greek & Early Medieval Philos. 61 Plutarch even has kind words for the scepticism of the New Academy.
1986 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 47 133 The founder of the skeptical New Academy, Carneades of Cyrene.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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