Unit10DiogenesandAlexander学习课件.pptVIP

Unit Ten Diogenes and Alexander By Gilbert Highet Part One Background information:Hellenistic (and Roman) Philosophy From the 4th century BC to the rise of Christian philosophy in the 4th century AD, the main philosophical schools in the Greco-Roman world were: Cynicism Epicureanism Stoicism Skepticism Neoplatonism On the whole, these philosophical trends continued to work with the problems raised by Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Common to them all was their desire to discover how mankind should best live and die. They were concerned ethics. The main emphasi