Hellenistic philosophy
208Cynic, Epic, Stoic, Skeptic
21 Oct 2024
0:51¶ 3
“Yes, at this point the history books sum up four formal philosophical schools. They have their roots as far back as Alexander, so they…”
1:18¶ 4
“In many ways the catalyst was Alexander because Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates assumed the supremacy of the polis, the local city-state. Alexander just created…”
18:55¶ 47
“These are the ideas that intelligent men – if you want to call them that – people who fancied themselves wise and philosophers, these…”
199What's so great about So-crates?
22 Jul 2024
30:05¶ 89
“When Pilate says, “What is truth?” that stands against the whole background of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and the failure of their attempt to find…”
30:29¶ 90
“So when Pilate says that, he’s not just a high-school kid who doesn’t want to really get serious about life and says, “What does…”
133Of Contracts and Covenants (Part 5) - By What Other Standard?
29 Aug 2022
14:53¶ 40
“Because I’m the unity, to borrow a line from Star Trek. So what happens in the Hellenistic age, the age that follows the death…”
15:31¶ 41
“Basically, the skeptics said, “We don’t know. We don’t know the world is real. Let’s just do what works and call it a day.”…”
46Faithful Witness
15 Nov 2020
2:04¶ 8
“Then Alexander goes out and conquers the world and all of this “Athens is the center of the universe and explains everything” kind of…”
1:23¶ 7
“As I understand post-modernism, it is relatively new under that name and within those parameters, but we can go back to ancient Greece. Particularly…”
2:54¶ 9
“On top of that, it was an age of people who didn’t follow the formal philosophies, who dabbled in magic and astrology. They pursued…”