philosophy question on hellenism, pls help?

answers1: That's a good question, and the answer is that this stage of
philosophical thought is called "Hellenistic", well, pretty much, for
lack of a better name. <br>
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After the death of Alexander the Great (323 BCE) neither the
philosophy of Plato nor the Peripatetic tradition established by his
student Aristotle prevailed in philosophical thought. Instead, three
opposed, but nevertheless Greek, traditions persisted: Stoicism,
Skepticism, and Epicureanism. So the intervening philosophical era
became known as Hellenistic Philosophy. So Hellenistic philosophy is
Greek in terms of its culture, but it contains three distinct
components. <br>
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Now, it's interesting that this happened, but after the battle of
Actium in 31 BCE (Octavian over Mark Antony), late classical interest
in Platonism revived. Subsequent to that, interest in Aristotle's
philosophy came back to life as well. So there was a revival of
ancient philosophy and the transition period that we call Hellenistic
Philosophy came to a close.