👉 Platonic philosophy, also known as Stoic philosophy or Idealist philosophy, is a philosophical school that originated in ancient Greece during the 5th century BCE. It emerged as a reaction against the asceticism and rationalism of the early Stoics, who held that all knowledge was derived from reason and that virtue and excellence were found in living a virtuous life rather than through reason alone. Platonic philosophy is characterized by its emphasis on the ideal or "philosophical" nature
