What was the Hellenistic religion of Stoicism and what is its legacy for the modern world?

What will be an ideal response?


First identify what were the basic tenets of Stoicism, and describe when and where it developed. How are Stoic ideas often prone to being misunderstood? What Stoic ideas continued to be influential today? Determine which has been more influential, real Stoicism or the misconceptions about it that modern culture accepts?

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A) Organization for European Economic Cooperation B) Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries C) Communauté française D) National Liberation Front

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Which of the following was allowed by Pennsylvania's progressive Frame of Government?

A) trial by jury B) wide-ranging use of capital punishment C) a strong legislative assembly D) unlimited terms of office

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Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique:

a. celebrated the cult of female domesticity b. explained the unhappiness of so many middle-class women c. painted an ideal portrait of suburban living d. argued that women should be paid high wages for housework e. told women how to better please their husbands

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Among nineteenth-century European political movements, the one most responsible for triggering World War I was

A) nationalism. B) liberalism. C) conservatism. D) socialism. E) modernism.

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