CVSP 202 Final, Spring 1997

a \ \ “AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT CS 202 (SPRING, 1996-97), SECTION 13 FINAL EXAMINATION TIME: TWO HOURS PROFESSOR AHMAD MOUSSALLI WRITE A COHERENT ESSAY ON ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS: FIRST TOPIC DISCUSS IN DETAIL ST. THOMAS ACQUINAS’ ARGUMENT ABOUT THE ROLE OF REASON, SHOWING 1. THE TWO METHODS OF ARRIVING AT THE ULTIMATE TRUTH 2, THE FIVE PROOFS OF GOD’S EXISTENCE 3. THEN COMPARE AND CONTRAST HIS VIEWS ABOUT REASON WITH THOSE OF AVERROES. SECOND TOPIC DISCUSS IN DETAIL DANTE'S VIEW OF HUMAN BEINGS, THEN EXPLAIN 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 AND PURIFICATION WITH THAT OF LUTHER.