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 B.C.E. at Akademia as a sanctuary
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 B.C.E. at Akademia as a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, north of Athens.
Neo-Platonists revived the academy in the late antiquity. Due to the excellence of scholarship associated with the institution, during and after Renaissance, the term academy was used for a school, academic community or organization in the arts and sciences, and research ins