Hist Final
Western Civilization
Professor Orens
FINAL PAPER
Since the Enlightenment, the three-fold quest for the meaning of life, for a just society, and for truth itself has become increasingly contentious. This quest is now our own, and if we are to embrace its promise, we must first confront its difficulties. Once again, I would like you to enter into the arguments surrounding the great issues that we face by comparing the ideas of some of the prominent figures we have studied. To do this, please write a brief essay of two to three pages about one of the topics below. Remember to answer both sets of questions for the one topic you have chosen.
Before you begin, make sure that you understand the following rules for formatting your paper:
1. Use a 12-point font such as Palatino, Times, or Times New Roman, double space your paper throughout except footnotes or endnotes, and use standard one-inch margins. Do not put extra spaces between paragraphs.
2. Answer each question separately, taking care to identify each of your answers by its number.
Topic I. Mazzini, Treitschke, and Gorbachev
1. In An Essay on the Duties of Man Addressed to Workingmen what did Giuseppe Mazzini contend are the duties people owe to humanity? What did he believe were the duties they owed to their country? Why did he believe that it was essential to serve one’s country?
2. Based on your reading of the extracts from German History in the Nineteenth Cenrury and from Political Wriitings, where do you think Heinrich von Tretschke would have agreed or disagreed with Mazzini and why? Based on your reading of Mikhail Gorbachev’s Nobel Lecture, where do you think Gorbachev would have agreed or disagreed with Mazzini and why?
Topic II. Nietzsche, Marx, and John Paul II
1. In Friedrich Nietzsche’s Parable of the Madman, what did the madman mean when he said that God is dead? How was this different from asserting that God does not exist? From your reading of the parable and from what
Professor Orens
FINAL PAPER
Since the Enlightenment, the three-fold quest for the meaning of life, for a just society, and for truth itself has become increasingly contentious. This quest is now our own, and if we are to embrace its promise, we must first confront its difficulties. Once again, I would like you to enter into the arguments surrounding the great issues that we face by comparing the ideas of some of the prominent figures we have studied. To do this, please write a brief essay of two to three pages about one of the topics below. Remember to answer both sets of questions for the one topic you have chosen.
Before you begin, make sure that you understand the following rules for formatting your paper:
1. Use a 12-point font such as Palatino, Times, or Times New Roman, double space your paper throughout except footnotes or endnotes, and use standard one-inch margins. Do not put extra spaces between paragraphs.
2. Answer each question separately, taking care to identify each of your answers by its number.
Topic I. Mazzini, Treitschke, and Gorbachev
1. In An Essay on the Duties of Man Addressed to Workingmen what did Giuseppe Mazzini contend are the duties people owe to humanity? What did he believe were the duties they owed to their country? Why did he believe that it was essential to serve one’s country?
2. Based on your reading of the extracts from German History in the Nineteenth Cenrury and from Political Wriitings, where do you think Heinrich von Tretschke would have agreed or disagreed with Mazzini and why? Based on your reading of Mikhail Gorbachev’s Nobel Lecture, where do you think Gorbachev would have agreed or disagreed with Mazzini and why?
Topic II. Nietzsche, Marx, and John Paul II
1. In Friedrich Nietzsche’s Parable of the Madman, what did the madman mean when he said that God is dead? How was this different from asserting that God does not exist? From your reading of the parable and from what