culture expanded toward the Near East and fused together with its culture. Throughout this period, there were many cultural achievements that were made in literature, art, science and philosophy. These achievements that took place in the Hellenistic world created many advances in literature, art, science and philosophy. The cities where they were most prominent were Alexandria(Egypt) and Pergamum. Alexandria became the starting place for many different intellectuals such as poets, writers, philosophers
Rival Philosophies The clash of philosophies that came from the Hellenistic period has raged on from the death of Alexander the Great and into contemporary times. As two very different, yet popular, philosophies, Stoicism and Epicureanism garner much attention from philosophers and students alike. While Epicurus’s thinking catered to the higher class of people and Zeno’s teachings were helpful in battle and turbulent times, the debate of which is the better philosophy still reigns on today. Stoicism
Epicurus was a Greek philosopher in 341 BCE. He the founder of a Hellenistic Philosophy school in Greece called Epicureanism, his written works are very rare since most comes from his followers writing since theres not alot thats survived throughout the years. His philosophies spoke about the ultimate goal for life, his metaphysical and ethical beliefs, the different types of pleasures, and the principal things that cause anxiety. Epicurus says that the ultimate goal for life was to reach happiness
and theory of knowledge. Epicurus started a movement which is now known as epicureanism , a philosophy that diagnoses problems with the human race and offers a cure as well (Ahl, 1988, p. 5). Epictetus was born into slavery in 55 AD in Phrygia. He was an influential Greek stoic philosopher. His teachings have survived to the present day as a result of his pupil, Arian, who wrote and
himself. If that happened, my whole family and the entire community would blame me. But if I fell off the roof, I would be judged to be imprudent, but not necessarily immoral. Teleology comes from a Greek word “purpose “or “end” meaning a moral philosophy in which acts are considered acceptable or right if their outcomes produces desired result such as knowledge ,growth of career, pleasure, self-interest realization, wealth, fame or even utility. Teleology assesses a behavior by looking at its consequences
1. When Euthyphro and Socrates were discussing the definition of piety they went through five different definitions. The fourth definition, which Socrates pointed at, was that perhaps piety could be apart of justice. Euthyphro then says “piety appears to be the part of justice that attends to the gods” (pg 19). Socrates has a few problems with this definition of piety, he provides Euthyphro with some examples of things that we attend to. After some thought Euthyphro agrees with Socrates that this
Chapter 3: Philosophy Per Se—Definitions, Etymology, Branches, History, Geography, Paradigms, and Applications In Samuel Sarri’s Homer to Hume, an introductory textbook to Western Philosophy, Sarri begins his text by introducing the reader to the etymology of, definitions pertaining to, branches within, schools of, and some of the vast applications of philosophy. This introductory chapter not only informs the reader of what material and geographical region the text will focus on, but also introduces