Instructions Choisissez un défi mondial. Ensuite, écrivez…

  Instructions Choisissez un défi mondial. Ensuite, écrivez votre opinion sur un de ces défi smondiaux: L’environnement : La biodiversité, l’effet de serre, la consommation, la conservation, l’énergie solaire, l’empreinte écologique. Les droits humains : La santé, la paix et la guerre, l’immigration, l’expulsion, la discrimination, et le racisme. La société et politique : L’identité nationale, l’immigration, l’assimilation, la décolonisation, la paranoïa, et la solidarité. Enjeux locaux/globaux : Le gaspillage, les plats surgelés, et l’emballage.     

Choose ONE of the two following topics and write a rich para…

Choose ONE of the two following topics and write a rich paragraph of at least 350 words in response: I. Compare and contrast Stoicism and Epicureanism in terms of how they (1) understand the nature of the physical universe, (2) give guidance on how one should deal with the difficulties of life.  Be sure to mention the founders of each school and the Roman philosopher/author that wrote on each way of life. OR II. Discuss how ideas related to Pleasure and Pain were transformed by early Christianity, especially due to the experiences of the early hermits grappling with finding the path to salvation.  Be clear as to how these views radically departed from how the Classical world understood the origins of what we find pleasurable and painful.