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What does Platonism mean?

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Proper noun
  1. The philosophy of Plato.
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Some later commentators claim that by making this skeptical turn, Arcesilaus abandoned Platonism.
However, they drew on a wide range of philosophical sources besides Platonism.
But to other philosophers and mathematicians Platonism seems extravagant, for reasons that are at least partly epistemological.
Finsler develops his approach to the paradoxes, his attitude towards formalised theories and his defence of Platonism in mathematics.
The Romantic movement renewed the interest in the mad genius that had been cultivated by Renaissance Platonism but dampened by the age of reason.
Although Marcus is called a Stoic, his Meditations are eclectic, with elements of Platonism and Epicureanism as well.

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