Cornerstone Academy:

Series: Understanding This Cultural Moment

Discuss these ideas we mentioned last week. (Review  tonight)

1. Social Imaginary

2. Mimesis and Poiesis

3. Where did the shift from mimesis to poiesis begin in western thought?

4. Explain each –

   1. The Psychological man

   2. Emotivism

Things to think about as the lesson progress today.

1. What did Rousseau’s story of the asparagus theft reveal about his understanding of human nature and how did it differ from Augustine’s.

2. List some ideas that Rousseau had that we observe in today’s society.

3. What was Nietzsche’s view of Enlightenment?

4. How did Marx differ from Hegel?

5. How did Marx’s and his followers view of the material dialectic affect his view of human nature?

6. What conflict in the atheist’s mind did Darwin resolve?