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Full Idea
The Stoics conceived of the world itself as a kind of city.
Gist of Idea
The Stoics saw the whole world as a city
Source
report of Stoic school (fragments/reports [c.200 BCE]) by A.A. Long - Hellenistic Philosophy 1
Book Ref
Long,A.A.: 'Hellenistic Philosophy' [Duckworth 1986], p.3
A Reaction
Interesting. Not the same as a cosmopolitan acceptance of a multitude of varied cultures. The most remote and unusual culture is seen as a distant suburb of our culture.