Humanities Questions

Required Reading:

1. Eisenstein, Charles. (2013). The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is

Possible. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books.

2. Root-Bernstein, Robert and Michele. (1999). Sparks of Genius: The 13

Thinking Tools of the World’s Most Creative People. New York: Houghton

Mifflin Company.

* Expect to write a paragraph per question. Answers will be graded on accuracy

and thoroughness. Be specific and give details from the texts and in-class material

(NOT the Internet)

1. What are the main ideas of the chapter Psychopathy and what do you think of them?

2. What are the main ideas of the chapter Evil and what do you think of them?

3. Describe the thinking tool “modeling”, as explained by Sparks of Genius?

Name two examples used in the chapter that were not discussed in class.

4. Describe the main ideas from the in-class material during this week, and give

your thoughts about them.

3. What are the main ideas of the chapter Disruption and what do you think of them?

4. What are the main ideas of the chapter Miracle and what do you think of them?

5. What are the main ideas of the chapter Consciousness and what do you think of them?

6. Describe the thinking tool “transforming”, as explained by Sparks of Genius?

Name two examples used in the chapter that were not discussed in class.

7. Describe the main ideas from the in-class material during this week, and give your thoughts about them.

8. What are the main ideas of the chapter Destiny and what do you think of them?

9. What are the main ideas of the chapter Initiation and what do you think of them?

10. Describe the thinking tool “synthesizing”, as explained by Sparks of Genius?

Name two examples used in the chapter that were not discussed in class.

11. Describe the main ideas from the in-class material during this week, and give your thoughts about them.

Comprehensive questions:

1. Based on what you have learned in this class, how will you live, study and work with a more creative mind?

2. Describe the shift from the “old story” to the “new story” (as Eisenstein calls them). What conclusions have you come to after reading this book?

3. What did you learn from doing the personal experiments? Be both general and specific. **(my personal experiments are attached below)