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Line 3: {{Redirect|Academia}}{{Redirect|Academic}} {{More citations needed|date=October 2022}} An '''academy''' ([[Attic Greek]]: Ἀκαδήμεια; [[Koine Greek]] Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of [[secondary education|secondary]] or [[tertiary education|tertiary]] [[higher education|higher learning]] (and generally also [[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 [[Skills|skill]], north of [[Ancient Athens|Athens]], Greece. [[File:"The School of Athens" by Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino.jpg|thumb|A [[fresco]] that depicts a congregation of philosophers, mathematicians, and scientists from [[Ancient Greece]], including [[Plato]], [[Aristotle]], [[Pythagoras]], [[Archimedes]], and [[Heraclitus]]]] |