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Speusippus succeeds Plato in the Scholarchate of the Academy
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Literary HistoryHumanitiesB. C.Athenian LawPhilosophy Of EducationNeo-platonismLanguage StudiesScholarly ExcellenceHistorical ScholarshipClassicsIntellectual History
Speusippus succeeded Plato in the scholarchate of the Academy in 348/47 B. C. as a matter of legal policy controlling the Athenian law of succession, rather than because of his scholarly excellence.