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Single Idea 21384

[catalogued under 24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 1. Ideology]

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

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.

Book Reference

Long,A.A.: 'Hellenistic Philosophy' [Duckworth 1986], p.3