VOCATING A STRAINED WAY OF LIFE, A RESIGNATION TO DISSAPPOINTMENTS, AND A RESOLUTION TO CARRY OUT ONE'S PERSONAL RESPOSIBILITIES. STOICISM APPEALED TO THE MAJORITY OF THE ROMANS AND PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE EARLY CHRISTIAN THOUGHT. NEO-PLATONISM WAS A SCHOOL OF THOUGHT FOUNDED PRIMARILYBY PLOTINUS. HIS PHILOSOPHY WAS CONCERNED IN BRIDGING THE WORLDS OF IDEAS AND THE PERISHABLE MATERIAL WORLD. NEO-PLATONISM BRIDGED THE TWO WORLDS NOT WITH LOGICAL ANALYSIS BUT WITH MYSTICAL INSIGHT, CLAIMING THAT THE UNION OF THE PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL WORLDS COULD BE GRASPED ONLY THROUGH AN ECSTATIC VISION.AS YOU CAN SEE THE ANCIENT GREEKS AND THE ANCIENT ROMANS WERE DIFFERENT IN MANY CHARACTERISTICS. YOU HAVE CLEARLY BEEN ABLE TO SEE THE DISTINCT DIFFERENCES OF RELIGION AS SEEN IN ARCHITECTURE, SCULPTURE, AND PHILOSOPHY....
