ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

DANTE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which best describes Cicero’s concept of heaven?
A
He believed that eternal life in heaven was the real one.
B
Because he was pagan, he did not believe in heaven.
C
Because he was an early Christian, he believed that heaven was inaccessible.
D
He believed that heaven, hell, and earth were indistinguishable.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Cicero proposed that the ideal government “is formed by an equal balancing and blending” of monarchy, democracy, and aristocracy. In this “mixed state, ” he argued, royalty, the best men, and the common people all should have a role.

Detailed explanation-2: -Eternal life, or exaltation, is to live in God’s presence and to continue as families (see Doctrine and Covenants 131:1–4). Like immortality, this gift is made possible through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.

Detailed explanation-3: -heaven, in many religions, the abode of God or the gods, as well as of angels, deified humans, the blessed dead, and other celestial beings.

Detailed explanation-4: -At least in the Abrahamic faiths of Christianity, Islam, and some schools of Judaism, as well as Zoroastrianism, heaven is the realm of Afterlife where good actions in the previous life are rewarded for eternity (hell being the place where bad behavior is punished).

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