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HUMA 202
Mid Term
37
English
Undergraduate 3
10/09/2009

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Term
tantae moles
Definition
with "great labor/difficulty"
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the poet
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virgil
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virgil's three works
Definition
The Aeneid, Georgic, Sheperds
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sortilege
Definition
when you turn to a page and point to a part and then do whatever the text says
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in medias res
Definition
"in the middle of things" (it means that ou jump right in or start in the exciting part of the book)
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ab ovo
Definition
"from the egg" (beginning)
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significance of "of wars and man I sing"
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Alludes to Illiad and Odysee
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muse
Definition
can be God or holy spirit of poetic powers
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The Aeneid
Definition
the roman metanarrative
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pietas
Definition
fulfillment of one's duty to everyone to whom one owes the duty
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Creusa
Definition
daughter of Priam, wife ot Aeneas
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What happens when people show mercy in the Aeneid. (give examples)
Definition
Sinon comes to troy and aeneus shows mercy troy is destroyed and when Aeneus comes to carthage and dido shows mercy carthage is destroyed
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Mercury
Definition
the god who comes to Aeneus in carthage and says that he owes it to his son "Ancanius" to go to rome"
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teleology
Definition
end point (it can talk about a sense of destiny and meaning)
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what was the problem about writing about the trojan war
Definition
they lost
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lethe
Definition
river of forgettfulness
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sant lacrimae rerum
Definition
tears for things
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american exceptionalism
Definition
since the beginning their has been a sense that america is different from anyone else in history. (We have been blessed immensly, but that doesn't mean that we are exempt from it)
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How should we view our place/country?
Definition
Windell Berry's idea- "disciplene of plpace"
Gabriel Marcel "homo viator"- man on the way
There should be a mix of these two views
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kienosis
Definition
regeneration/rebirth
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kienosis
Definition
regeneration/rebirth
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protostoic
Definition
with a sense of duty
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Chief stoic and christian virtues
Definition
stoic: justice, moderation, courage, wisdom (JaM Chuck Witt)
christian-faith, hope, love
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the stoic
Definition
he focuses on himself and withholds emotions
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two Augustines
Definition
old bishop looking back at his younger self wandering
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two worldviews that Augusine hinges
Definition
Classical Greek with medieval Christianity
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Augustines home town
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Tagasty (in Africa)
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One thing Augustine is characterized with
Definition
restlessness
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confesio (confessions)
Definition
accusation of oneself and praise of God
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Deus dulcedo mea
Definition
God sweetens me
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Heresies that Augustine ran into
Definition
Donatism, Pelagianism
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Three views of Augustine and is quest
Definition
1. Intellectual search for truth (mind)
2. Emotional search including his heart and this embodied life (heart)
Religious search (soul)
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Donatism
Definition
During the last phase of Christian persecution some guys left the church. the donatists said that these people should not be allowed back in after they repented, but st. Augustine lets them back in without rebaptism
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pelagianism
Definition
He denied original sin. He thought that humanity could acheive moral perfection.
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gnosticism
Definition
the teaching that there is some secret holy knowledge that will evaluate you above all others
ex: manicheeism
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Why was Augustine attracted to the Manichees? (2 reasons)
Definition
1. Apparent complexity of their teaching; rationalists that were very disdainful of "ancient Christian myths"
2. Also, they believe that we can't control our body; it is something to eventually be escaped, but for now it's okay to give in (meaning that you can sin)
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How should you read the great books?
Definition
Read them carefully and with a love for truth and be wary of the things that make us doubt.
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