Rising above the pursuit of sexual pleasure into a life of self-discipline and self-denial is:
a. absolutism
b. asceticism
c. stoicism
d. being sacred as opposed to being profane
b
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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a) 35 b) 22 c) 55 d) 100