academism

Definitions

The philosophy of the Platonic Academy; Hellenistic Platonism and skepticism.

historical, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“For art, academism is death. Academism is the painting in the manner of some one else, whether that other be Greek or Florentine, […]”

“Contemporary Canadian art suffers from new academisms. […], her reaction is through Keats, Shelley and Byron. Her writing, based on these is perfection itself but still an academism and therefore non-contributive.”

“[…] since this is the great principle of Academism and Scepticism, That Truth cannot be perceived, […]”

“Skeptical Academism, on the other hand, was certainly influenced by Empiricism’s topics […]”

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