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GREEK PHILOSOPHY.
by Aristotle; the Stoic, founded by Zeno; the Epicurean, founded by Epicurus; and the Sceptical, founded by Pyrrho. These schools continued to exist until the very close of the Greek philosophy in 529 A.D.; but their independence was probably merged or eclipsed in the vast and mystical splendour of the Alexandrian philosophy, of which I now propose to give you some account.