An academy (Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of higher learning, research, or honorary membership. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and skill, north of Athens, Greece.
In the western world academia is the commonly used term for the collective institutions of higher learning.
Before Akademia was a school, and even before Cimon enclosed its ...
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Organizations of this type:
- United States National Academy of Sciences ,
- British Academy ,
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences ,
- Royal Academy ,
- Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ,
- Royal Swedish Academy of Arts ,
- Russian Academy of Sciences
Also known as:
- The Academy
