Ancient wisdom

Making sense of the Hellenistic philosophies

A brief conceptual guide to what differentiated the Greco-Roman schools of philosophy as a way of life

a simple diagram to help us separate the telos, or goal, and the conceptions of the chief good across nine Hellenistic schools of philosophy

The Hellenistic period span from the death of Alexander the Great and the consequent collapse of the Macedonian Empire in 323 BCE to the battle of Actium in 31 BCE…