[HUMA 1170] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (22 pages long!)

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Huma 1170 week 2 pre-modern vs. modern. Reading review due next class (beginning of lecture on moddle with turn-it-in) Problems and questions assignment due wednesday october 26, 2016. One dialogue is called meno, the name of character. It is from the inside modernity that we are looking at modernity and contrasting it from non-modernity (we must consider where we are in time when trying to contrast with different period of times (pre-modern, modern, or post modern) Contrast modern concern with now and new to non-modernity. Ancient comes ultimately from the latin ante meaning before or in front of . Medieval (in the middle of ancient and modern times) Modernity is more concerned with time (ancient and medieval worlds were not as concerned about time) History into periods of time are not set dates, they have over lapped into each other. Historical change is not abrupt: everyone does not stop being ancient and suddenly become medieval.