CVSP 201 Final, Fall 1995

CIVILIZATION SEQUENCE 201 SECTIONS 3 & 7: DR. S. KHAIRALLAH FINAL EXAMINATION: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1996 AT 2:00 P.M. IN 212 NICELY TIME: 2 HOURS INSTRUCTIONS: PART I: Obligatory. PART II: Answer TWO questions in a well organized essay. Please number the questions. Do not analyze the same text twice. Briefly (one or two sentences) identify five of the following: (10%). polis ; . fatum logos . sophist nomos . virtt moira . pietas Choose two questions (90%). Briefly describe happiness according to Socrates, Aristotle, Epicurianism, Stoicism. Then compare and contrast them. “Great laws tower above us, reared on high born in the brilliant vault of heaven-- Olympian sky their only father, Nothing mortal, no man gave them birth...” Oedipus the King (a) What are these great laws? (b) Compare critically with the concept of law in Plato, Aristotle, Vergil. The search for identity and truth is a major theme in C.S. Yet there is some order outside man’s power to command which plays a role in the affairs of men. Critically apply to three texts you have read this semester.