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Xenocrates of Chalcedon
Biography
Xenocrates of Chalcedon was a student of Plato who entered the Academy in Athens in about BC. In about BC Xenocrates accompanied Plato on his journey to Syracuse following the death of Dionysius I.Xenocrates left Athens with Aristotle after Plato's death in BC when they were both invited to Assos.
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Xenocrates remained for around five years in Assos.
Plato's nephew Speusippus had become head of the Academy on Plato's death, but in BC he sent for Xenocrates to return to Athens to prepare to become his successor. Despite Xenocrates having been chosen to head the Academy by Speusippus, an election took place to find a successor to Speusippus after his death.
It was a close battle between Xenocrates, Menedemus of Pyrrha and Heraclides Ponticus but Xenocrates triumphed by just a few votes.
Although Xenocrates had been many years in Athens he had refused to become a citizen of that state since he did not approve of its close relations with Macedon