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Hellenistic philosophy is Ancient Greek philosophy corresponding to the Hellenistic period in Ancient Greece, from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC to the Battle of Actium in 31 BC. [1] The dominant schools of this period were the Stoics , the Epicureans and the Skeptics .
Arcesilaus (/ ˌ ɑːr s ɛ s ɪ ˈ l eɪ. ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἀρκεσίλαος; 316/5–241/0 BC) [1] was a Greek Hellenistic philosopher.He was the founder of Academic Skepticism and what is variously called the Second or Middle or New Academy – the phase of the Platonic Academy in which it embraced philosophical skepticism.
Ruins of Cyrene, in the northwest of modern Libya, where Hegesias lived.. Hegesias (Ancient Greek: Ἡγησίας; fl. 290 BC [1]) of Cyrene was a Cyrenaic philosopher.He argued that eudaimonia (happiness) is impossible to achieve, and that the goal of life should be the avoidance of pain and sorrow.
Stoicism is a school of philosophy which developed in the Hellenistic period around a generation after the time of Aristotle. [4] The Stoics believed that the universe operated according to reason, i.e. by a God which is immersed in nature itself. [4] Logic (logike) was the part of philosophy which examined reason (logos). [5]
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Greek, Hellenism is distinctly tied to the Greek language. Greece, Hellenism constitutes the national character and culture of Greece. Greeks, Hellenism is uniquely tied to the Greek people as a marker of their collective identity. Philhellenism, the admiration of Greece and the Greeks, as well as Greek customs. As an intellectual movement of ...
Hellenic studies (also Greek studies) is an interdisciplinary scholarly field that focuses on the language, literature, history and politics of post-classical Greece.In university, a wide range of courses expose students to viewpoints that help them understand the historical and political experiences of Byzantine, Ottoman and modern Greece; the ways in which Greece has borne its several pasts ...
Timon of Phlius (/ ˈ t aɪ m ən / TY-mən; Ancient Greek: Τίμων ὁ Φλιάσιος, romanized: Tímōn ho Phliásios, gen. Τίμωνος, Tímōnos; c. 320 BC – c. 235 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher from the Hellenistic period, who was the student of Pyrrho.