Eclecticism is the philosophical approach of selecting and combining ideas from various philosophical systems rather than adhering exclusively to one school.
Emerged in Hellenistic period. Cicero exemplified Roman eclecticism. Victor Cousin systematised eclecticism in 19th-century France.
Cicero, Philo of Larissa, Antiochus of Ascalon, Victor Cousin, Renaissance humanists.
Selecting from multiple systems. Avoiding dogmatism. Pragmatic orientation. Recognition of partial truths. Flexibility.
Represented Roman philosophy. Influenced Renaissance humanist synthesis. Informs applied ethics.
