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Era places a philosophical school in the span of years when it was actually active. Wikipedia notes Stoicism "originated in the Hellenistic period of ancient Greece and continued well into the Roman Imperial period," flourishing "until the 3rd century CE." Browsing by era shows which schools of thought were competing for attention at the same time.

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1. Ethics (Wikipedia)
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  • Ethics, lead section, Greek contributors sentence
    This period saw the emergence of ethical teachings associated with Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, and contributions of philosophers like Socrates and Aristotle.
  • Ethics, lead section, ancient regions sentence
    The history of ethics started in the ancient period with the development of ethical principles and theories in ancient Egypt, India, China, and Greece.
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