Hellenistic philosophy

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ancient Greek philosophy philosophical movement

Hellenistic philosophy is a diverse body of Greek thought that emerged after Alexander the Great, including schools like Stoicism, Epicureanism, and Skepticism, which focused on ethics, personal tranquility, and how to live well in a changing world.

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Label Occurrences
Hellenistic philosophy canonical 40
Greco-Roman philosophy 1
Hellenistic ethics 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ
philosophical movement ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
endTime 1st century BCE ⓘ
focusesOn adaptation to political change ⓘ
individual flourishing in a cosmopolitan world ⓘ
practical ethics ⓘ
therapy of the soul ⓘ
follows Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ
philosophy of Aristotle ⓘ
philosophy of Plato ⓘ
hasCharacteristic diversity of schools and doctrines ⓘ
emphasis on ethics over metaphysics ⓘ
therapeutic conception of philosophy ⓘ
hasPart Skepticism ⓘ
surface form: Academic Skepticism

Cynicism ⓘ
Cyrenaic school of philosophy ⓘ
surface form: Cyrenaic school

Epicureanism ⓘ
Middle Platonism ⓘ
Peripatetic school ⓘ
Pyrrhonian skepticism ⓘ
surface form: Pyrrhonism

Skepticism ⓘ
Stoicism ⓘ
historicalContext expansion of Greek culture ⓘ
rise of large empires ⓘ
successor kingdoms of Alexander the Great ⓘ
influenced Islamic philosophy ⓘ
Roman philosophy ⓘ
cognitive behavioral therapy ⓘ
contemporary psychotherapy ⓘ
early Christian thought ⓘ
modern virtue ethics ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
Plato ⓘ
Presocratic philosophers ⓘ
surface form: Pre-Socratic philosophy

Socrates ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainRegion Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ
eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
mainSubject ataraxia ⓘ
emotions ⓘ
epistemology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
eudaimonia ⓘ
how to live well ⓘ
personal tranquility ⓘ
physics ⓘ
practical wisdom ⓘ
the good life ⓘ
partOf Hellenistic period ⓘ
startTime 4th century BCE ⓘ
after the death of Alexander the Great ⓘ

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Hellenistic religion → associatedWith → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Timaeus → influenced → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Zeno of Citium → philosophicalSchool → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Chrysippus of Soli → era → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Posidonius of Apamea → movement → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Epicurus → era → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Cynic school → influenced → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Hipparchia of Maroneia → era → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Aristotelianism → historicalPeriod → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Lyceum of Aristotle → influenced → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Pyrrho → influenced → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Peripatetic school → era → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Valentinianism → influencedBy → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Middle Platonism → relatedConcept → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Dialogue with Trypho → influencedBy → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Sophia → appearsInTradition → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Hexaemeron → influencedBy → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
On the Special Laws (De specialibus legibus) → philosophicalContext → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
subject surface form: On the Special Laws
Wisdom → influencedBy → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Numenius of Apamea → era → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Antiochus of Ascalon → movement → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Church of the Roman Empire → influencedBy → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
De finibus bonorum et malorum → influencedBy → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellenistic schools
Western religions → influencedBy → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Sextus Empiricus → era → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Pluralist school → influenced → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
On the Happy Life → philosophicalTradition → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
On Duty (Peri tou kathēkontos) → philosophicalTradition → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
On Tranquillity of Mind → tradition → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greco-Roman philosophy
On Providence → associatedWith → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Musonius Rufus → era → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Enchiridion → philosophicalTradition → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Plutarch On Isis and Osiris → mainSubject → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
the swerve of atoms (clinamen) → historicalContext → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Principal Doctrines → belongsToTradition → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellenistic ethics
Letter to Herodotus → philosophicalTradition → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Letter to Menoeceus → historicalPeriod → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Heraclitean doctrine of flux → hasReceptionIn → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Hellenistic medicine → relatedTo → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Nous → centralIn → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
To Himself → philosophicalTradition → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Anaxarchus → era → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Book 10 on Epicurus → timePeriodDescribed → Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ