Philosophy of the Hellenistic era. The life of a private person
With the death of Alexander the Great, a new era of Greek history begins, the Hellenistic era, which significantly changes the face of the social and spiritual life of Greece. Its main cultural centers, the policies, lose their political independence and become subordinate elements within the huge monarchies of the Diadochi. A citizen of a policy, who previously, according to Aristotle, “decided and judged” all issues of the policy structure, becomes simply a private person. This political fact changes the self-awareness of the Greek, and the philosophy of this era expresses this changed self-awareness.