Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 15

  1. Comparing views of human potential: What different understandings of human potential might you infer from these sources? What do those who created them believe is necessary to realize or fulfill that potential?
  2. Comparing religious reformers: Consider the religious outlooks of Luther, al-Wahhab, and Kabir. What similarities and differences can you identify?
  3. Imagining a conversation: Construct an imaginary debate or conversation between Condorcet and one or more of the religious or spiritually inclined authors of these sources.