Hellenistic philosophy
Subtitle: stoics, epicureans, sceptics
By: A.A. Long
Edition: 2nd ed
Series: Classical life and letters
Publisher: Duckworth
Published: 1986
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Epicurus; Philosophy, Ancient; Skeptics (Greek philosophy); Stoics
Description: Hellenistic Philosophy is a thorough introduction to the three schools of philosophy which dominated the Hellenistic era: Stoicism, Epicureanism and Scepticism. It traces the main developments in Greek Philosophy during the period which runs from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. to the end of the Roman Republic 31 B.C.
Notes: Previous ed: 1974

Includes index

Bibliography: p.[249]-268