Poseidonios - Poseidonios (English spelling)

A middle-period Stoic philosopher of ancient Greece. Born in Apamea, Syria. He studied under Panaetius in Athens, and traveled through various parts of the Mediterranean before settling on the island of Rhodes. His academic interests were wide-ranging, and his contribution to the synthesis of Hellenistic culture is comparable to that of Aristotle. He taught Cicero, and had a major influence on poets and writers such as Lucretius, Virgil, and Seneca, and on historians such as Sallust, Caesar, Tacitus, and Plutarch. His philosophy of history, which advocated the relationship and harmony between the divine kingdom of "cosmopolis" and earthly nations, also became the governing principle of the actual Roman Empire. Few fragments of his writings remain.

[Yoshihide Tanaka February 17, 2015]

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古代ギリシアの中期ストア学派の哲学者。シリアのアパメイアの生まれ。アテネでパナイティオスに学び、地中海各地を経てロードス島に落ち着いた。その学問的関心は多方面にわたり、ヘレニズム文化を集成総合した功績はアリストテレスにも比せられる。キケロを教え、ルクレティウス、ウェルギリウス、セネカなどの詩人・文人、サルスティウス、カエサル、タキトゥス、プルタルコスらの歴史家に大きな影響を与え、神の国「コスモポリス」と地上の国の関与と調和を説く彼の歴史哲学は、現実のローマ帝国の統治理念ともなった。著作の残存断片は少ない。

［田中享英　2015年2月17日］

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