By the time Alexander the Great conquered the Middle East in 332 B.C.E., Greek philosophers had popularized the teaching, and it soon spread throughout the Greek Empire.
Ka nako ya fa Alexander yo Mogolo a fenya dinaga tsa Botlhabagare ka ngwaga wa 332 pele Jesu a tla mo lefatsheng, baitsefilosofi ba ne ba anamisa thuto eo mme ka bonako e ne ya anamela kwa mafelong a a neng a busiwa ke Puso ya Gerika.