The most influential philosophy of Late Antiquity, stressing leaving behind one's earthly existence to attain a higher level of consciousness, was called ______________.
A. Zen Buddhism
B. Stoicism
C. Neoplatonism
D. Monophysitism
E. meditation
Answer: C
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A) Shi'a B) closely tied to Mecca C) Persian D) commercial
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a. west. b. east. c. north. d. south. e. in all directions.
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