The reason that scholars keep their names secret is that true names hold power. They share their last name but keep their first (i.e., True) names obscured either with titles (Prof., Dr., etc.) or by abbreviation. If you learned a scholar's true name they would be at your beck and call and all the arcane power they posses would be yours to enact upon an unwilling world. Hope this helps!!
Right now I'm writing the summaries down, but just to reinforce the ideas we're learning. Once I feel confident in my ability to make these low res summaries myself I'm going to try not writing anything down and see if I keep all that info straight in my head. We shall see what works haha!
For most high scorers, this is just a mental process. Some find it helpful to jot down a few words for each paragraph, though. You might want to experiment!
Yes, you will get scratch paper. Unfortunately it will probably take too long under regular timing to write out the low-res summaries. So these are something you'll want to do mentally by test day. During initial stages of practice it can be helpful to jot notes, though.
Does the same rule go for paragraph breaks? I've been a bit confused as to how we might be able to do those on the test itself; ie. if we should use a highlight for it or take mental note of it as well.
"Autonomy of the Individual" -basically all of Aeschylus' work according to B. Snell, the scholar:(brain started crafting a visual while reading and making a mental note of the first paragraph HAH)
Last name only keeps author id more anonymous to prevent discrimination. There is also a culture of caring about the advancement of scholarly knowledge rather than the advancement of personal glory. Weird academic culture thing that occurs in some, but not all, academic spaces.
AR disagrees with BS's interpretation and says there are godly forces at play which ultimately reveals to the protagonist of A that there is only one real way forward so there is no personal autonomy.
(2) identify different perspectives and the author’s attitude
Author is neutral here too. AR is on the "god" side of the debate.
Because the debate is over "the power of the gods" and "individual autonomy" never in the passage does it talk about a highly intelligent person. It's in the first sentence of the passage.
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These lessons are killer! Short and to the point, I can see how this type of analysis will be beneficial to tackling these questions.
We've got this!
Kinda scared that I'm going to stumble on a big word and don't know what it will mean
I got distracted thinking about whether my actions are autonomous or imposed by deities
wait... theres more than one paragraph?? oh.
@ThomasEddingtonIII LOL xD
@ThomasEddingtonIII LOL. My thoughts exactly.
I'm actually falling in love with the course, lol I wonder how rigid the drills are going to be like, but so far, so good., lol ;]
The reason that scholars keep their names secret is that true names hold power. They share their last name but keep their first (i.e., True) names obscured either with titles (Prof., Dr., etc.) or by abbreviation. If you learned a scholar's true name they would be at your beck and call and all the arcane power they posses would be yours to enact upon an unwilling world. Hope this helps!!
i love the way these are broken down!
THE SECOND PARAGRAPH ._.
Okay. I can do this!
Should we actually be writing these down? Like our low res summaries? Or just keeping them in our head?
Right now I'm writing the summaries down, but just to reinforce the ideas we're learning. Once I feel confident in my ability to make these low res summaries myself I'm going to try not writing anything down and see if I keep all that info straight in my head. We shall see what works haha!
Thank you Kevin!
Ok I think I'll try this too. thanks!
For most high scorers, this is just a mental process. Some find it helpful to jot down a few words for each paragraph, though. You might want to experiment!
Good idea!
Are we able to have a paper doing the test and write down our our concepts as we read?
Yes, you will get scratch paper. Unfortunately it will probably take too long under regular timing to write out the low-res summaries. So these are something you'll want to do mentally by test day. During initial stages of practice it can be helpful to jot notes, though.
Does the same rule go for paragraph breaks? I've been a bit confused as to how we might be able to do those on the test itself; ie. if we should use a highlight for it or take mental note of it as well.
I think mental note, or highlighting with a certain color
"Autonomy of the Individual" -basically all of Aeschylus' work according to B. Snell, the scholar:
(brain started crafting a visual while reading and making a mental note of the first paragraph HAH)
Last name only keeps author id more anonymous to prevent discrimination. There is also a culture of caring about the advancement of scholarly knowledge rather than the advancement of personal glory. Weird academic culture thing that occurs in some, but not all, academic spaces.
@rbahu No. Clearly it is because they are protecting the authors from hate mail. (Just kidding)
@JeromedoesLSATPREP 💀
"it's like they want to keep their identity secret to prevent hate mail" -- like if they are women...sad but true.
(1) make a low-resolution summary
AR disagrees with BS's interpretation and says there are godly forces at play which ultimately reveals to the protagonist of A that there is only one real way forward so there is no personal autonomy.
(2) identify different perspectives and the author’s attitude
Author is neutral here too. AR is on the "god" side of the debate.
(3) predict the direction of the next paragraph
Author will present her own opinion
how would we know its the "power of the gods"? It just says superhuman, cant that just be a highly intelligent person?
Because the debate is over "the power of the gods" and "individual autonomy" never in the passage does it talk about a highly intelligent person. It's in the first sentence of the passage.
It says deities