Culture and Imagination

2. Shall here inhabit' and this land be c3tte'a il;ild or Gorgotha "".9;:i$":jj3lf';,,, u Usethefollowingquorationasthebasisforanessayonthree.ofth-eworkslistedabove. Do not write at length ::;il;" *o'rt' th;;y* huu" u'"d in another question' And I considered how one and the same man with the very same mind' were he brought uf f'o* infancv "-?i;;; Ft;'"th :t^:l-" Cermans' would become airtu'unt'l'o'i'*it"in" wouldie had he always lived among tne Chineseorthecannibals'andf'o*'"u"'iaowntothestylesofourclothing' the same thing that pleased u' t"n y*""Ift' ""a thai perhaps will again please us ten ytu" rt"nt"' now seem;1;"t; extravagant'and ridiculous' Thus it is more custom ""9 :l"T!,tl if'"t p"ttt"des us than any certain knowledge; and fet the majority opinion is worthless as'a'proof of truths thatare at alr airccu*tii. ai...""i, ,in." it is much more likely thatoneman would have r"";;;; ir'un u *r'ol" ;;ii;";; of people' Hence I could not choose unyoit*rtose opinion's tJ;;;; me should be preferred over those of ott_,"rr,'uij'if*.jmyself, as it were, constrained to try to gutoe myself on my own' Descartes' Discourse on Method .Usethefollowingquotationasthebasis'foranessayonthree.oftheworkslistedabove. Do not write at '""nil ;;;;i ti'r-l" *o'rt'i# y* hau" u'"d in another question' FAusT /He gazes at the sign of the'Macro-c-osml How iiall livesand moves and weaves inio u *f'otul Each part gives a1d rlleives' AngelicPowers ascend and redescend And each to each their golden vessels lend; frug'unt with blessing' as on YinSt, , From heaven tn't"gf;'tn" "":t1.irrt:hrough all things Their morem"tiini"ttt' and all in'harmony it sings! How great a spectacle! But that',lJ-ear' ls all It is' Oh' endless Nature' where Shall I embr"* Vt"itllttere' you breasts that flow With life's wfroie'life? AII earth and heaven hangs On You, who slake the thirstYPang: of every h""';:;;J;ust lianouish va'Pi;?t 4.UsethefollowingquotationaS:h.ebasl:foranessayonthreeoftheworkslistedabove. Do not writeat length on any of ttrewoiks"t#;;;""" used in another question. [Pascal:l Let us figure to ?l':^"t:"^' a considerable nu'mber of men bound in chains, and all sentenc'd to au'; loii"'t-lin'^ bang daitg executed in' presencet;;;;"-"'thoseLuho'suruiueseetheiroutnconditioninthato[ their feLt'otu prisoners; una saztni,t"" "i21''"71t!:::1"o-f"llg' and lost toallhopes,expecttheirturntoDenext..Thisisanimageofthecondition of mankind' M,t .(,, ,l ?rtr \

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