Question
Peter Paul Rubens depicted himself and his brother Philip as students of this thinker in The Four Philosophers, in which this philosopher sits in front of a bust of Seneca. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this sixteenth-century Flemish author of On Constancy, which sparked the development of neostoicism.
ANSWER: Justus Lipsius [or Iusti Lipsi; or Joest Lips; or Joost Lips]
[10e] Neostoic philosophers abandoned the Stoic belief in this phenomenon since they felt it contradicted Christianity. Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius inspired Nietzsche’s love, or amor, of this phenomenon.
ANSWER: fate [or fati; accept amor fati or love of fate; accept destiny or predestination or lot; prompt on determinism or predetermination]
[10m] In a book on the Stoic theory of this discipline, Lipsius cited Augustine’s argument in City of God that the distinction between free will and fate is merely terminological. Ancient Stoics held that their theory of this discipline, which posited the concept of pneuma, was necessary to derive their ethics.
ANSWER: physics [accept Physics of the Stoics or Physiologiae Stoicorum; prompt on science or natural philosophy; reject “metaphysics”]
<FW, Philosophy (Early Modern)>
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 RMP Fest Online Mirror | 05/31/25 | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 60% | 20% | 40% |
| 2025 RMP Fest Carleton Mirror | 07/13/25 | N | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| 2025 RMP Fest CO Mirror | 08/10/25 | N | 6 | 18.33 | 100% | 33% | 50% |