The 16th-century Flemish philosopher Justus Lipsius (“YOOST-us LIP-see-us”) attempted to synthesize this ancient philosophy with Christianity. For 10 points each:
[10e] Zeno of Citium founded what school of philosophy that also included Seneca?
ANSWER: Stoicism
[10h] Lipsius is best known for a Senecan dialogue with his friend Langius that praises this quality as the chief virtue. Seneca addressed his friend Serenus in an essay titled for this virtue “of the wise.”
ANSWER: constancy [or constance; accept firmness; accept steadiness; accept steadfastness; accept De Constantia Sapientis or On the Firmness of the Wise; accept De Constantia Libri Duo]
[10m] This Renaissance thinker was similarly inspired by Seneca to write the book Remedies for Fortune Fair and Foul. This man also rediscovered a collection of letters by Cicero.
ANSWER: Petrarch [or Francesco Petrarca]
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