CVSP 202 Final, Fall 1995

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT CS 202 (Fall, 1995-96) FINAL EXAMINATION TIME: TWO HOURS PROFESSOR AHMAD MOUSSALLI WRITE A COHERENT ESSAY ONONE OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS: FIRST TOPIC DISCUSS IN DETAIL IBN KHALDUN'S THEORY OF HISTORY, SHOWING . THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MAN IN THE STATE OF NATURE AND THE REASONS FOR HIS ENTRANCE INTO CIVIL SOCIETY 2, THE CAUSES FOR THE DISINTEGRATION OF THE STATE 3. THEN COMPARE AND CONTRAST HIS GENERAL THEORY WITH THAT OF MACHIAVELLI. SECOND TOPIC DISCUSS IN DETAIL ST. THOMAS ACQUINAS’ ARGUMENT ABOUT THE ROLE OF REASON, SHOWING . THE TWO METHODS OF ARRIVING AT THE ULTIMATE TRUTH . THE FIVE PROOFS OF GOD’S EXISTENCE . THEN COMPARE AND CONTRAST HIS VIEWS ABOUT REASON WITH THOSE OF IBN KHALDUN. Re ee Aa bee ane, [s HEE AIAN COUNT ESE LIBR AY | Ue beng