what were the major philosophies of the Hellenistic period?

Question

How did they differ from the philosophies of the Classical Greece?

Answer 1

- Neo-Platonism: Ammonius Saccas, Porphyry, Plotinus (Roman), Iamblichus, Proclus
- Academic Skepticism: Arcesilaus, Carneades, Cicero (Roman)
- Pyrrhonian Skepticism: (?) Pyrrho, Sextus Empiricus
- Cynicism: Antisthenes, Diogenes of Sinope, Crates of Thebes (taught Zeno of Citium, founder of Stoicism)
- Stoicism: Zeno of Citium, Cleanthes, Chrysippus, Crates of Mallus (brought Stoicism to Rome c. 170 BCE), Panaetius, Posidonius, Seneca (Roman), Epictetus (Greek/Roman), Marcus Aurelius (Roman)
- Epicureanism: Epicurus and Lucretius (Roman)
- Eclecticism: Cicero (Roman)

"Greek philosophy : Schools of thought in the Hellenistic period and late antiquity" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_philosophy#Schools_of_thought_in_the_Hellenistic_period_and_late_antiquity

"The period after the death of Aristotle was characterized by the decay of the Greek city-states, which then became pawns in the power game of the Hellenistic kings who succeeded Alexander. Life became troubled and insecure. It was in this environment that two dogmatic philosophical systems came into being, the Stoic and the Epicurean, which were destined to give their adherents something to hold onto and to make them independent of the external world."

- Stoics

- Epicureans

- Skeptics

- Neo-Pythagoreans

- Neoplatonists

"philosophy, history of : Hellenistic and Roman philosophy", Encyclopædia Britannica CD 2000

Answer 2

they philosiphied less and debauched more!!