CVSP 202 Final, Fall 2003

American University of Beirut CS 202 Fall 2003-04 Final Exam Professor Ahmad Moussalli WRITE A COHERENT AND DETAILED ESSAY ON ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS: FIRST TOPIC DISCUSS IN DETAIL DANTE'S VIEWS OF SALVATION FOCUSING ON 1. THE CONCEPT OF SIN AND ITS PURIFICATION 2, THE SINS THAT ARE PURIFIED IN THE PURGATORY AND THE END THAT IS ACHIEVED 3. THEN COMPARE AND CONTRAST DANTE'S CONCEPT OF SIN WITH THAT OF ST. AUGUSTINE. SECOND TOPIC DISCUSS IN DETAIL IBN KHALDUN'S THEORY OF HISTORY SHOWING 1, THE MOTIVATIONS FOR ENTRANCE INTO CIVIL SOCIETY 2, THE CAUSES FOR THE RISE AND FALL OF THE STATE 3. THEN COMPARE AND CONTRAST HIS GENERAL THEORY OF HISTORY WITH THAT OF ST. AUGUSTINE.