Hellenistic Cosmopolitanism

  • Eric Brown

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationA Companion to Ancient Philosophy
PublisherJohn Wiley and Sons
Pages549-558
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9780631210610
DOIs
StatePublished - May 8 2012

Keywords

  • Cosmopolitanism, and Stoic and Epicurean philosophy of the so-called Hellenistic Age
  • Cosmopolitanism, the Stoics portraying Socrates as a cosmopolitan
  • Cynic cosmopolitanism, and Diogenes' way of life
  • Epicurean Cosmopolitanism, opposing cosmopolitanism favored by Stoics
  • Hellenistic Cosmopolitanism, a quaint doctrine dealing with strange times
  • Philosophical cosmopolitanism, predating Alexander's conquests
  • Socratic tendencies, influencing Hellenistic cosmopolitanism
  • Stoic assertions of the cosmos as a polis, citizens with positive commitments
  • Stoic Cosmopolitanism, the Stoics' conception of ideal politics
  • The doctrine of the cosmopolis, no mere metaphor for the Stoic goal of living

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