CIVILIZATION
GREEK
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Question
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believed that happiness resulted from using reason
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rejected the idea of absolute right or wrong
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a commander in the army at 16 and a ruler at 20
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The term stoicism thus comes from the Greek word stoa. The Stoics claimed that people who were guided by their emotions lived unhappy lives. They believed that happiness resulted from using reason. Sound thinking, they thought, should guide decisions.
Detailed explanation-2: -Aristotle believed that we need to use our reasoning to be happy, which will help us live a virtuous life. Plato and Aristotle believed in having a system of values and sticking to them to achieve happiness.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Stoics put forward their own, independently conceived, framework for thinking about happiness and do not refer explicitly to Aristotle’s ideas on this subject; however their thinking has much in common with Aristotle’s, except on the last point.
Detailed explanation-4: -THEISM • MOST PEOPLE FIND THE MEANING OF THEIR LIVES USING GOD AS A FULCRUM OF THEIR EXISTENCE. THE ULTIMATE BASIS OF HAPPINESS FOR THEISTS IS THE COMMUNION WITH GOD. HUMANISM • ESPOUSES THE FREEDOM OF MAN TO CARVE HIS OWN DESTINY AND TO LEGISLATE HIS OWN LAWS, FREE FROM THE SHACKLES OF GOD THAT MONITORS AND CONTROLS.
Detailed explanation-5: -Most ancient Greek philosophers agree that in order for one to be happy, one needs to be virtuous, though opinions differ as to whether being virtuous is sufficient for happiness.