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HWC Short Answer
Western Civ
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History
Undergraduate 3
01/28/2009

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#1: Ptolmaic Cosmology
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Geocentric. Four Elements. Terrestrial-Imperfect and Heavens-Perfect. Planets and their orbits perfectly round. Aligned with the church.
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#2: Galileo vs Church
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Metaphorical interpretation. Church and Science are autonomous.
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#3: Epicycles
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Geocentric. Retrograde Motion. Little epicyclical loops.
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#4: Covenants
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Noah: Build arc. Don't disrespect god again.
Abraham: Start choppin' foreskins.
Moses: Obey Ten Commandments for protection.
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#5: Genesis Conflicts
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Male/Female Creation Timeline.
Name of Deity.
Construction of Earth.
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#6: Moses
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Prophet. Desert for Four Years. Promise Land.
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#7: Jewish Development
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Yaweh destroyed. Scribes write it down. Portable Religion.
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#8: Socrates and Delphi
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Delphi's declaration. Socrates hesitation. His search. His realization: Not how much you know, how much you know you know.
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#9" Socratic dialogue
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Unexamined life. Importance of inquiry. Dialogue is universally beneficial.
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#10: Aristotle's governments
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Rule by one: Monarchy-Tyranny
Rule by few: Aristocracy-Oligarchy
Rule by many: Polis-Democracy
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#11: Aristotle's Slaves
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Slave and master. Inability to reason. Big, strong and dumb. Natural is born. By law is captured: inadequate and weak.
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#12: Household and city-state
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Whole more important than parts. City-State = self sufficient. Small is dependent.
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