Notes 1/21/10

• History's first concept is linear. Cyclic history is the idea that when you died, you are reincarnated. Neither death nor birth occurs first in cyclic history. Birth comes before death in the concept of a linear history.
• Hegel's theory:
• Didn't agree with cyclic or linear
• http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0Ac_ADRi5NNLsZGNmMjN6ZmdfODZjMmc5dnhkNg&hl=en
• Thesis+Antithesis=Synthesis
• II
• Synthesis= John goes to the hospital
• III
• Thesis= He gets a brace in the hospital Antithesis= His mom finds out that he was bullying other kids Synthesis= John gets grounded for bullying
• Vortex Theory William Butler Big-Little-Big
• Civilizations grow big, and then fall