WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT ROME

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was the popular Roman philosophy that stressed the importance of duty and acceptance of one’s fate?
A
Pragmatism
B
Hellenism
C
Objectivism
D
Stoicism
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Stoics provided a unified account of the world, constructed from ideals of logic, monistic physics, and naturalistic ethics. Of these, they emphasized ethics as the main focus of human knowledge, though their logical theories were of more interest for later philosophers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, born nearly two millennia ago is perhaps the best known Stoic leader in history.

Detailed explanation-3: -Seneca is one of the most famous and controversial Stoic philosophers. One of Rome’s greatest writers, Seneca was born in Spain in around 4 BCE. He moved to Rome in his youth to study philosophy and was taught by the Stoic Attalus.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: Stoicism was a prominent philosophical system in the Roman Empire during the 2nd century AD; however, it declined in the 3rd century AD. At this time, stoicism was largely superseded by neoplatonism, a new philosophical system which itself was challenged by the rising force of Christianity.

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