ACS 210 – Ideas that Shaped the World: Antiquity
Topics
- “A Brahmana, coming into existence, is born as the highest on earth, the lord of all created beings, for the protection of the treasury of the law.” (Manusmṛti, Chapter I, verses 100); “It is because a Brahmin is virtuous …, because he is wise … that he can truthfully declare: ‘I am a Brahmin’.” (Majjhima-nikāya, “Sonadaṇḍa-sutta,” pp. 128–129).
- “You see, Maitreyī ¾ it is one’s own self which one should see and hear, and on which one should reflect and concentrate. For by seeing and hearing one’s self, and by reflecting and concentrating on one’s self, one gains knowledge of this whole world” (Bṛhadāraṇyaka II.4.5); “You take / no theoretical position, / claiming it / as the ultimate. / All things are equal.” (Sutta-nipāta, “Purity of Heart,” p. 7).
Your task is to compare and contrast the ideas conveyed in one or the other of these pairs of passages, drawing from at least three other passages in the readings from the South-Asia segment of the course (one of these at minimum must be drawn from a third text).In doing so, it is important that you situate these ideas within their broader theoretical and/or social-historical context.
Details
1000 words (+/- 15%) word limit
Include word count, name & student number.
Submit online (D2L Dropbox) by 6.00PM on Thursday, March 24.
Apply any standard citation style consistently.
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