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Hellenostic Individualism Vs Hellenistic Individualism

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In 323 B.C., the Hellenic Humanistic civilization came to an end, and Hellenistic individualism was born. Hellenistic individualism was everything that Hellenic Greece was not. This new time period would be described as “Greekish” because it was not purely Greek in culture (Humanities, 83). Before the Individualistic era began, the civilization was united in language, philosophy and religion, having a strong historical impact that connected them. Hellenistic individualism was created in a time of loneliness and isolation. When the polis were replaced, individualism emerged, because people were searching for continuity, they were searching for identity through the individual (Humanities, 91). I will be contrasting the different viewpoints from Hellenic Age and the Hellenistic Age; focusing on the philosophy of Aristotle, the philosophy of Epicurus and the new art form. The Hellenistic Greek culture is different starting with the shift of the polis to the cities. The new era was a blend of past ideas from the East and West (Messner 10-27-17). Some of these ideas were building on the ideas of the polis, but that goal was not able to be succeeded. For many reasons being, the new state was bigger, diverse and did not have an equal leadership balance (Messner 10-27-17). This resulted in a completely new era where people began to have new perspectives that they did not have before. Their perspective on philosophy, which was heavily impacted by Aristotle, took a huge turn. Unlike

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