Thesis, or Method.

For each of the following sentences, identify whether they are statements of Fact,

Opinion, Topic, Thesis, or Method. 

1. Pico della Mirandola discusses the Great Chain of Being.

2. The Great Chain of Being should be overthrown.

3. After discussing, the plot of the Tempest, I will focus on the relationships among

the characters, followed by Shakespeare’s language use.

4. Pico della Mirandola’s conception of the human being challenges the Great

Chain of Being.

5. In Hayy Ibn Yaqzan, Ibn Tufayl’s conception of human knowledge and his use of

the idea of natural religion he challenges traditional religion.

6. In my essay I will analyze Pico della Mirandolo’s “Oration on the Dignity of Man”

with special attention given to the Great Chain of Being.

7. Even though he disputes the accusations that his science is heretical, Galileo’s

view of the relationship between science and religion is not anti-religious.

8. In his letter to Christina, Galileo defends Copernicus’s heliocentric thesis.

9. My essay will discuss hierarchies and their overthrow in modernity.

10. This essay will be focused on humanism and its challenge to religion.