Comparative Analysis Outside Information Tool

Concept/Quotation	PERSIA Categories	Individual	Writing	Enduring Issue(s)	Analysis & Synthesis
“The End Justifies the Means” "Better to Feared, than Loved" "Be Good When Possible,Evil When Necessary"	Political Economic Social	Niccolo Machiavelli	The Prince	Power Conflict Economic Wants & Needs	How Machiavellian is a Ruler? Dictator Totalitarian Unjust Laws Absolute Monarch Nationalism Economic Imperialism
“Consent of the Governed” “Life, Liberty, Property”	Political Economic Social Intellectual	John Locke	Two Treatises of Government	Power Conflict Economic Wants & Needs	Role of government with its People or People with their Government Power of Government Natural/Human Rights Nationalism Independence Movements
“Life is Nasty, Brutish, and Short” "Absolute monarchy is best form of government"	Political Economic Social Intellectual	Thomas Hobbes	Leviathan	Power Conflict Economic Wants & Needs	Complete Power of Government over people Limited Natural/Human Rights Absolute Monarchy
“Survival of the Fittest”	Political Economic Social Intellectual Area	Herbert Spencer	The Principles of Biology	Power Conflict Wants & Needs	Cultural Diffusion Imperialism Natural/Human Rights
Cultural Diffusion Cultural Convergence Cultural Divergence	Political Economic Religion Social Intellectual Area	Leo Frobenius	The West African Cultural Circle	Wants and Needs Economic Political Power Conflict	Cultural; Diffusion, Divergence, Convergence Imperialism Natural/Human Rights
“Dictatorship of the Proletariat” "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs (or need)" "Religion is the opiate of the masses”	Political Economic Religion Social	Karl Marx	The Communist Manifesto	Power Conflict Economic Wants and Needs	Communism Socialism Social Mobility Social Class Opposite of Capitalism
“Geography determines the progress/success or decline/failure of a society/civilization”	Area Political Economic	Jared Diamond	Guns, Germs, Steel	Conflict Power Economic Wants and Needs	Economic Progress based upon geography Economic Decline based upon geography
“I am the State”	Political Economic Religion Social Intellectual Area	Louis XIV		Power Conflict Economic Wants and Needs	Absolutism Divine Right of Kings
“White Man’s Burden”	Political Economic Religion Social Intellectual Area	Rudyard Kipling	White Man’s Burden	Power Conflict Economic Wants & Needs	Imperialism – Empire building Human Rights Violations
“Laissez-Faire”	Political Economic Social	Adam Smith	The Wealth of Nations	Power Conflict Economics Wants and Needs	Laissez-Faire Free Market Capitalism Social Mobility
Political Economy Social Mobility	Political Economic Social Intellectual	John Stuart Mill	On Liberty	Power Conflict Economic Wants & Needs	Political Economy Equal Rights Gender Equality Social Class
“I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.”	Political Economic Social Intellectual	Mary Wollstonecraft	Vindication of the Rights of Women	Power Conflict Economic Wants & Needs	Feminism Equal Rights Gender Equality Uniform Education
“Freedom of Religion” “Separation of Church and State” “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”	Political Religion Social Intellectual	Voltaire	Candide	Power Conflict Wants and Needs	Separation of Church & State Freedom of Religion from government intervention Freedom of Speech