Q.3 Write a comprehensive essay on the Greeks socio-political philosophical development after the death of Alexander the Great. After the death of Alexander the Great, the Greek city-states began to decay as they became part of the power struggle for the Hellenistic kings who tried to fill Alexander's shoes. Life during this time was often troubled and chaotic. It was during this time when new types of philosophical ideas began to develop. The philosophical schools …
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…is that they all stressed the bond one must have with nature and ones environment and the importance of reason. In this new troubled and insecure world two dogmatic philosophical systems began to take place, the Stoic and Epicurean, giving their adherents something to grasp and making them independent from the outside world. Accompanying the Stoic and Epicurean philosophies was the Cynic and Skeptic which slowly faded away with the vast Empire that Alexander created.