Finals Day Three

Theology was delicious. I had such a blast writing the essays.

The final consisted of three questions:

1.) According to St. Augustine what is the relationship between the city of God and the City of the earth? According to this how should a Christian live?

2.) Anselm says “you must first believe so that you may understand, for if you do not first believe, you will not understand” How does this statement reflect the argument in the Proslogion?

3.) (this is a quote from one of the more modern encyclicals but I can’t remember which) (well, not really a quote because it’s off the top of my head and thus not exact) “Christ in his perfection showed man mans own nature and its ultimate end” in what way do St. Augustine and St. Thomas show this in their writings?

I would try and recreate my answers but it would just take too long. Cool questions though. Only took 2 hours too so that’s good (we had 3 if we needed it.)

Now to study for math like crazy till tomorrow, after that I can relax a little bit. Seminar is always fun and there really isn’t much in the way of studying one could do for it. Lab shouldn’t be too much of a problem for me since its one of my better subjects. So that leaves philosophy but three days should be more than enough time to study for it. If I survive learning 8 props that is.

Thank you to Lucas and Nicole for the good luck wishes.

Finals, day 2

Day one consisted of latin. Which was alot easier than i thought it would be. Studying 2-3 hours 4 times a week first semester paid off. I can more or less read martin of denmark or thomas aquinas in latin. well, read at about the level i could read english at in 4th grade, but that is sufficiant. I think ill learn esperanto now that im done with latin. (oh yah, IM DONE WITH LATIN FOREVER!!!!) [unless i failed somehow...]

tomorrow i have theology, im about to go study that further with paul but i already put in over 4 hours on my own and four hours with brain hong so im pretty good for that.

the next day however, is math, and before then i need to learn 8 props, remember everything keplar proved about the heavens and come up with some encompassing thesis as to what a conic section is, and lots of little things about the proportions of their parts and the squares on them. evil.

Thomas Aquinas had a Blog

I was reading a part of the Summa Theological the other day and though "wow, this is the same format as a blog" Thomas would write a thesis or ask a question, list the objections of others, answer those objections and then write a summary. this closely matches the modern blog. Post a post, people write comments, reply to the comments and if theres alot to say, post a follow up.

Jones!

A little advertisement for a product I approve of. Soda in never really healthy but Jones' soda uses cane syrup instead of corn syrup. This is a big deal. Corn syrup is really extra unhealthy both in itself and in the habits it forms (its a appetite enhancer for starters). Its used ubiquitously only because the USA levies heavy tarrif's on cane sugar and cane syrup to support local farms (a move which is absurd to maintain considering we could use all our corn to make ethonol and still not have enough.).

Comments

Thanks again for the comments. I just wanted to say that from now on unless I think a really great new point has come out I will post any reply that I have to a comment in the comments section of a post.

Starbucks

Some of my friends know I have been avoiding starbucks intentionally the last two years. There prices are ridicules, their coffee really isn't better than anywhere else's (unless you count mcndonolds. Those two have always been the case. The tipping point for me was when I read that a single one of their frapacinos (i forget with kind... something with brownie in the name) had more than a days saturated fat in a single cup. Nobody should allow that kind of thing outside of fairgrounds.

I guess I'm not the only person who is appalled because starbucks announced a 21% earnings decrease from last year. One of the things they cited in their own companies report was that people have realized how unhealthy their drinks are:

"Among many changes Mr. Schultz is expected to unveil in coming months, in addition to cutting costs, is the addition of a line of fruit smoothie drinks, the start of a broad effort to offer healthier drinks and expand beyond coffee beverages."

Consumer power at work. w00t!