Political Environment Science
Humanities
PSA responses need to be in an essay format: introduction with a main argument underlined or highlighted, body paragraphs, and a conclusion (2-3 sentences) and follow standard formatting: 12 point font, Times New Roman, doubled spaced, and at least 1.5 pages long.
Use the grammar guide to help you with citations, making an argument, and the difference between 1st and 3rd person POV, as points will be deducted.
Use this links below to access the required primary sources for analysis:
(Doc 1) The Analects.pdf
(Doc 2) The Apology of Socrates.pdf
(Doc 3) The Dharmmapada.pdf
(Doc 4) The Gathas from The Hymns of Zoroaster.pdf
Make to include information from the textbook (WH p.#) and lecture PPT (Mod #) to support your argument. No outside research, except for Ancient History Encyclopedia (Links to an external site.) Online and the Zoroaster article, which needs to be cited in the PSA along with the required sources, textbook, and lecture module.
Overview:
Zoroaster, in the Gathas, outlines a philosophy in which opposing forces of light and truth battle those of darkness and lies. These hymns, which are addressed by Zoroaster to the god of light Ahura Mazda, praise the god and seek his guidance. Zoroaster’s ideas were eventually adopted by kings to undergrid the Persian state and justify their rule.
Confucius’s teachings about what is meant to be a superior gentleman comes during the Spring and Autumn to the Warring states period. Confucius’s teachings about what is meant to be a superior gentleman (junzi), following the principles of practicing benevolence toward others (ren), proper ritual observance (li), and filial piety towards elders and ancestors (xiao).
The Buddha’s ideas about suffering, desire, and how to escape both offered a distinct challenge to the prevailing hierarchies of the varna system.
The Apology of Socrates was recorded by his student Plato. Socrates called on Athenians to look within, to question, and to reason for themselves.
