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Ideas of Speussipus, by Text

[Greek, 407 - 339 BCE, Born in Athens. Took over Plato's Academy when the founder (his uncle) died. Died in Athens.]

367BCE thirty titles (lost)
p.83 Speusippus said things were governed by some animal force rather than the gods [Cicero]
p.171 Speusippus suggested underlying principles for every substance, and ended with a huge list [Aristotle]