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Hellenistic philosophy is Ancient Greek philosophy corresponding to the Hellenistic period in Ancient Greece, from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC to the Battle of Actium in 31 BC.[1] The dominant schools of this period were the Stoics, the Epicureans and the Skeptics.[2]

  1. ^ Long 1996, p. 1.
  2. ^ Long 1996, p. vii.

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