8. The Roman Eclectics
Rather than staying rigidly faithful to a single philosophical tradition, some Romans preferred to draw upon and combine ideas from the various schools of philosophical thought to address particular practical […]
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7. The Sceptics
Scepticism is an important philosophical tradition that emerged in Greece during the 4th century BC, and later spread throughout the Hellenistic world. It was founded by Pyrrho of Elis (c.360 […]
6. The Stoics
Stoicism was one of the most influential philosophies of the Hellenistic Age. It was originally founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium (344 – 262 BCE), a Cypriot who chose […]
5. The Epicureans
Epicureanism was one of the first schools of philosophy to emerge during the Hellenistic era – the period from the beginning of the reign of Alexander the Great in 336 […]
4. The Great Philosophers
During the Greek “Golden Age” playwrights, artists, historians and philosophers flocked to Athens from all over the Mediterranean to debate ideas and discuss the fundamental questions of life: What is […]