Xenocrates
[zuh-nok-ruh-teez]
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noun
396–314 b.c., Greek philosopher.
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Plato was continually saying to Xenocrates, "Sacrifice to the Graces."
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Xenocrates, the disciple of Plato, resisted Lais successfully.
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Xenocrates embraced the young man, and admitted him among his disciples.
The History of Sandford and MertonThomas Day
And this Procles was one of Xenocrates's fellow-students at the Academy.
Essays and MiscellaniesPlutarch
Xenocrates says that the stars are moved in one and the same superficies.
Essays and MiscellaniesPlutarch
Xenocrates
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