A historical epoch’s philosophy is the ensemble of all its tendencies, not one system

Evidence

We may say, in a broad way, that Greek philosophy down to Aristotle expresses the mentality appropriate to the City State; that Stoicism is appropriate to a cosmopolitan despotism; that scholastic philosophy is an intellectual expression of the Church as an organization; that philosophy since Descartes, or at any rate since Locke, tends to embody the prejudices of the commercial middle class; and that Marxism and Fascism are philosophies appropriate to the modern industrial State. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2847 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Every philosophy is a politics embedded in its historical context; Each major philosophical era mirrors its epoch’s dominant social structure — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2847; Culture is the interrelation of all social practices, not one practice. (+3 more)

Related

• Every philosophy is a politics embedded in its historical context (similarity 0.91)
• An era’s philosophy is a synthesis of popular and elite worldviews (similarity 0.91)
• Each major philosophical era mirrors its epoch’s dominant social structure (similarity 0.89)
• Each era produces its own distinct capitalist class (similarity 0.85)
• An epoch’s philosophy is a combination, not any single thinker’s system (similarity 0.82)
• Any epoch’s philosophy is an ensemble including common sense, not a single system (similarity 0.82)
• Understanding thought-becoming-epoch requires more than intellectual history (similarity 0.82)
• Philosophers both reflect their historical milieu and shape future institutions (similarity 0.82)
• Separating philosophy from history and politics reduces it to metaphysics (similarity 0.81)
• Each era’s central idea gives way to the next epoch’s (similarity 0.80)
• All philosophical thought, however abstract, is constituted from historical material (similarity 0.80)
• Philosophy’s stated ideals force it into conflict with the very institutions proclaiming them (similarity 0.80)
• Philosophy and history are indivisible, forming a single bloc (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Culture is the interrelation of all social practices, not one practice. #expands (0.85)
• Each major philosophical era mirrors its epoch’s dominant social structure #expands (0.82) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2847
• Historical materialism is fundamentally historicist, not metaphysical #corroborates (0.78)
• The philosophy of praxis can justify a non-mystical historic mission #expands (0.75)
• Communal philosophy need not imply unanimous belief among members #qualifies (0.72)