Stoicism - 2023 ACF Nationals

Question

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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Summary


2023 ACF Nationals	04/22/2023	Y	24	13.75	92%	46%	0%

Data


WUSTL A	Brown A	10	0	10
Chicago B	Duke A	10	0	10
Rutgers B	Columbia B	10	10	20
Cornell A	Stanford A	10	0	10
Toronto A	Cornell B	10	0	10
Florida A	Yale A	10	10	20
Michigan A	Houston A	10	0	10
Claremont A	Iowa State A	10	0	10
MIT A	Minnesota A	10	0	10
Georgia Tech A	Maryland A	10	10	20
Purdue A	Minnesota B	10	10	20
Imperial A	NYU A	10	10	20
Chicago C	North Carolina A	10	0	10
UC Berkeley A	Northwestern A	10	0	10
McGill A	South Carolina A	0	0	0
Texas A	Indiana A	10	0	10
UC Berkeley B	Vanderbilt A	10	10	20
Penn State A	Virginia A	0	0	0
Rutgers A	WUSTL B	10	10	20
Georgia Tech B	Yale B	10	10	20
Chicago A	Ohio State A	10	10	20
Harvard A	Columbia A	10	10	20
Illinois A	Penn A	10	10	20
Johns Hopkins A	Florida B	10	0	10