BUS 105 1st Edition Exam 1 Study Guide Lectures 1 10 Lecture 1 January 13 Francis Bacon Of Studies from The Essays 1 What are three reasons why we read For pastime private ness and retiring ornament discourse and judgment abilities in judgment 2 What is the purpose of study To become learned Expert men can execute but learned men are more fit to judge and censure Lecture 2 January 15 Thoreau Reading from Walden 1 How does Thoreau regard the written word compared to other art forms The written word is the choicest of relics We admire orator s eloquence but find the noblest written word more valuable It is the work nearest to life itself and reading classics is close to godliness The orator speaks to those who can hear him while the writer speaks to the intellect and heart of mankind 2 What s Thoreau s attitude towards what material is worth reading The classics are the best read in their original tongue One must read to become a better person and not simply for entertainment purposes 3 What does Thoreau suggest about learning as we leave school and become working adults We should continue to learn simply for the sake of learning Something must push us We must not become illiterate Those who are illiterate are those who can t read and those who merely read for entertainment purposes and those who stop learning once school has come to an end We must be more rounded In order to be a decision maker one must be more knowledgeable Dubois from The Souls of Black Folk 1 What is the function of the University To be the organ of the fine adjustment between real life and the growing knowledge of life which forms a secret civilization It must teach knowledge and culture The children of the University are the foundation Universities must produce individuals who work for the glory of their handiwork not just for the pay 2 Why was Dubois concerned about rebuilding the post civil war south The U S benefited from rebuilding the south and there was a need for a solid foundation before infrastructure Lecture 3 January 20 Columbus from The Journal of Christopher Columbus 1 Why does Columbus undertake his journey Why are the monarchs of Spain willing to finance it Columbus potentially takes his journey for multiple reasons For example to find ne trade routes to discover new places exploration for fame to convert people to Christianity for power control over the sea and land or for profit It was a business venture for him In other words his motivation was to go on another expedition In the Journal he asks for some of the profit from this expedition to be used to fund an expedition to Jerusalem 2 Looking at the Journey as a business venture what roles does each of the characters play King Queen of Spain investors Columbus Chief Executive Officer Spanish Soldiers Employees Natives Customers 3 How does Columbus manage his employees his customers and his investors Columbus manages his employees by allowing them to trade with the natives as long as they don t take advantage of them He treats his customers well by not completely taking advantage of them and showing off his power He does this by firing shots from his ship building a fort and a settlement after the ship goes down When it comes down to his investors he makes his journal seem as good as possible because he s attempting to please them An example of this is when the shipwreck occurs and Columbus says it s a good thing and that it was an act of God He wants this because he wants to be sent out on another expedition 4 Why does Columbus portray the journey as a quest for profits He does this because he wants gold for his investors the King and Queen of Spain and he wants to be sent out again so the money is essential Film clip Wall Street In the film clip the message is that greed is good Greed is viewed as evil in western philosophy because the bible says so Even Adam Smith argued that self interest leads to the best outcome of the community In this speech the main character is trying to get control of the company He tells the Stockholders that the vice presidents are hurting the company and that they are simply getting rich off their stocks He asks why do you have stocks in the company To make money He then claims that if he gets control over the company he ll make everyone more money including himself If he manages to buy all of the shares and sells them off it will eventually destroy the company but as an investor that won t matter as long as one makes more money Eisenhower Address in Detroit National Automobile Show Industry Eisenhower argues that one of the things that America had achieved that no other nation had achieved was making it our primary motive to attempt to eliminate poverty He claims that we were not motivated by materialism He posits that poverty had decreased because of changing economic policies One country makes things other countries want and this results in a transfer of wealth The economic system of capitalism brought the U S into prosperity This was a capitalism with morals one that didn t desire to become wealthy but one that desired to improve human dignity and social justice Eisenhower was addressing his speech to the leaders of the automobile industry and the labor force because both must do well for national welfare They can t remove poverty if we they ignore the national welfare It s imperative to work together Lecture 4 January 22 Goethe from Faust 1 Faust has already agreed that the Devil can have his soul when he dies if the Devil helps him to gain what he desires What does Faust desire Faust desires satisfaction He wants the sea to be pushed back in order for him to build his paradise and eventually he wants the sand dune where the lighthouse is located coupled with draining the swamp 2 What does Faust appear to be doing in the first scene Why does Mephistopheles interrupt him The first scene takes place on the Mountains and during this scene he is reminiscing about young love This makes him realize how unsatisfied but the devil needs him to be satisfied in order to have his soul Mephistopheles gets him to stop thinking about his un satisfaction and talks about the geography of the Mountain and how it used to be the floor of hell 3 What is Faust s business What is his vision How does Mephistopheles help him to achieve it Faust wants to become a real estate developer by pushing back the sea to build a paradise for millions to live in He wants to conquer the sea to build real estate Mephistopheles helps by getting