Hellenistic philosophy
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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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hellenistic philosophy canonical | 40 |
| Greco-Roman philosophy | 1 |
| Hellenistic ethics | 1 |
| Hellenistic schools | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hellenistic philosophy Context triple: [Hellenistic religion, associatedWith, Hellenistic philosophy]
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Classical Greek philosophy
Classical Greek philosophy is the foundational period of Western thought, centered on figures like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, that established core ideas in ethics, metaphysics, logic, and political theory.
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Cyrenaic school of philosophy
The Cyrenaic school of philosophy was an ancient Greek hedonistic movement, founded in Cyrene, that taught immediate physical pleasure as the highest good and the primary aim of life.
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Middle Platonism
Middle Platonism was a philosophical movement in the Hellenistic and early Roman periods that revived and systematized Plato’s ideas, blending them with elements of Aristotelianism and Stoicism and laying groundwork for later Neoplatonism.
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Ionian school
The Ionian school was an early Greek philosophical movement centered in Ionia that sought natural, rational explanations for the cosmos and is considered a foundation of Western philosophy.
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Neoplatonism
Neoplatonism is a philosophical system developed in the Roman Empire that reinterprets and extends Plato’s ideas into a metaphysical framework centered on a single transcendent source from which all reality emanates.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hellenistic philosophy Target entity description: 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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A.
Classical Greek philosophy
Classical Greek philosophy is the foundational period of Western thought, centered on figures like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, that established core ideas in ethics, metaphysics, logic, and political theory.
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B.
Cyrenaic school of philosophy
The Cyrenaic school of philosophy was an ancient Greek hedonistic movement, founded in Cyrene, that taught immediate physical pleasure as the highest good and the primary aim of life.
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C.
Middle Platonism
Middle Platonism was a philosophical movement in the Hellenistic and early Roman periods that revived and systematized Plato’s ideas, blending them with elements of Aristotelianism and Stoicism and laying groundwork for later Neoplatonism.
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D.
Ionian school
The Ionian school was an early Greek philosophical movement centered in Ionia that sought natural, rational explanations for the cosmos and is considered a foundation of Western philosophy.
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E.
Neoplatonism
Neoplatonism is a philosophical system developed in the Roman Empire that reinterprets and extends Plato’s ideas into a metaphysical framework centered on a single transcendent source from which all reality emanates.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek philosophy
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philosophical movement ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| endTime | 1st century BCE ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
adaptation to political change
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individual flourishing in a cosmopolitan world ⓘ practical ethics ⓘ therapy of the soul ⓘ |
| follows |
Classical Greek philosophy
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philosophy of Aristotle ⓘ philosophy of Plato ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
diversity of schools and doctrines
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emphasis on ethics over metaphysics ⓘ therapeutic conception of philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Skepticism
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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
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rise of large empires ⓘ successor kingdoms of Alexander the Great ⓘ |
| influenced |
Islamic philosophy
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Roman philosophy ⓘ cognitive behavioral therapy ⓘ contemporary psychotherapy ⓘ early Christian thought ⓘ modern virtue ethics ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotle
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Plato ⓘ Presocratic philosophers ⓘ
surface form:
Pre-Socratic philosophy
Socrates ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mainRegion |
Hellenistic kingdoms
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eastern Mediterranean ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
ataraxia
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emotions ⓘ epistemology ⓘ ethics ⓘ eudaimonia ⓘ how to live well ⓘ personal tranquility ⓘ physics ⓘ practical wisdom ⓘ the good life ⓘ |
| partOf | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| startTime |
4th century BCE
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after the death of Alexander the Great ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Hellenistic philosophy Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (43)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
On the Special Laws
this entity surface form:
Hellenistic schools
this entity surface form:
Greco-Roman philosophy
this entity surface form:
Hellenistic ethics