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Ben Franklin’s Autobiography
Virtues and Aphorisms
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Mon 10/17
QuickWrite (yep, they’re back!): In your notes, please respond to the following questions.
1) Define PERFECT in your own words.
2) Why do we seek perfection?
3) What causes people to buy “self-help” books?
4) Can we ever attain perfection? If not, why?
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RATIONALISM
America in the 1700’s
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History:
Revolutionary War 1775-1783 Constitution Written - 1787, the
world’s oldest constitution still in use today
George Washington – Commander in Chief of Continental Army, and First President of U.S. (1789-1797)
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God
God is pictured as an uninvolved creator, or “clockmaker” who set up creation and left it to run.
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Nature
God designed his natural laws to be revealed through nature.
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Individual
Man is considered naturally good; concepts of equality and individual freedoms are expanded; the self-made man is idealized.
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Society
People are encouraged to perfect society by being socially responsible and promoting justice.
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Ideas
Discovery of truth comes through scientific reason and logical thought rather than through formalized religion.
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Literature
Writing is in the form of pamphlets, essays, speeches, and letters – both public and political. Emphasis is often on persuasion.
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Authors
Benjamin Franklin - newspapers
Patrick Henry - speeches
Thomas Paine - essays
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10/17 Today’s Agenda: Virtues
Ben Franklin’s Autobiography (p.270) is an attempt to achieve perfection step-by-step (or virtue-by-virtue). Your task, with a partner nearby, is to accomplish the following:
1) Define the virtues using a dictionary or thesaurus.
2) Look on p. 270 for Franklin’s key idea that connects to the virtue and rephrase it in your own words.
3) Draw a visual representation of your assigned virtue. Consider what Franklin was trying to say. Label your virtue so we know what you’re defining.
4) Please include your rephrase---you are teaching us what it means!!
5) Present it to the class.
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10/18 Today’s Agenda: Aphroisms An aphorism is a concise statement of a
principle, a saying or an adage. Today, you will be given three aphorisms
with your group and asked to consider where they fit within the virtues.
You will actually participate in a “tea party,” circulating around the room and placing your aphorisms underneath a labeled virtue.
We will discuss, as a class, whether or not they fit.