CVSP 202 Final, Fall 1995
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CIVILIZATION_SEQUENCE _202
SECTIONS _1 & 2: DR. S. KHAIRALLAH
FINAL _EXAMINATION: THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, _ 1996
AT_2:00 P.M. IN_500_NICELY\
INSTRUCTIONS: QUESTION _I. Obligsatory
Answer briefly. Then choose TWQ questions and
answer in a well organized essay. Please number
the questions. Do not analyze the same text twice.
The lectures: (10%)
a) According to the lecturer, what is, if any, the difference between
reform and reformation?
b) Who were the condottieri?
Briefly discuss, then compare or contrast the relationship of society and
religion in four of the following:
Augustine - al-Ghazali - Ibn Rushd - Dante - Ibn Khaldun - Machiavelli
Luther.
What are the prerequisites of a ruler? Briefly state what Dante, Luther,
Machiavelli, and Ibn Khaldun say they are then compare or contrast
them. What do you think?
There is a roundtable on "reason" (not philosophy), in which al-Jahiz,
Ibn Khaldun, Machiavelli, and St. Thomas Aquinas take part.
Analyze their attitude towards this subject then compare or contrast
them.