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leo leo

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The major influence on Hypatia of Alexandria was
 
 

a. Pyrrhos skepticism.
   b. the Academic Skeptics.
   c. the Epicurean movement.
  d. Plotinuss Neoplatonism.



Question 2

According to Plotinus, the way to salvation consists of
 
 

a. following the moral commandments which Plotinus set out
  b. pursuing only the purest and most long-lasting sorts of physical pleasures.
  c. engaging in the Neoplatonic rituals of fasting, confession, baptism, and confirmation.
  d. staying aloof from the physical world, engaging in philosophical dialectic, and achieving a mystical union with God.
 
 




johnharpe

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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

d.



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