Essay should be 3-6 double-spaced pages long, and it should follow an acceptable citation style guide like MLA or APA
You should:
Proofread your paper
Properly cite all your sources (even the textbook and modules)
Ensure any information you use is accurate
You should submit your essay as either a Word document or a PDF. Other formats are not allowed. I have enabled plagiarism review through Turnitin, so please do not turn in plagiarized work—you will receive a grade of zero.
Option 1
Write a thoughtful and informative summary of one of the following chapters in Archetypes of Wisdom:
Chapter 2: The Presocratic Sophos
Chapter 3: The Sophist: Protagoras
Chapter 7: The Stoics: Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius
Chapter 8: The Scholar: Thomas Aquinas
Chapter 10: The Skeptic: David Hume
Chapter 11: The Universalist: Immanuel Kant
Chapter 13: The Materialist: Karl Marx
Chapter 15: The Pragmatist: William James
Chapter 16: The Anti-Philosopher: Friedrich Nietzsche
Chapter 17: The Twentieth Century: Ludwig Wittgenstein and Martin Heidegger
Note:
If you choose this prompt, you do not need to include every section of the chapter in your essay. Instead, please focus on the information you deem to be the most important for understanding the philosophy/philosopher(s) covered by the chapter. (For example, while historical context can be important, it is acceptable to leave that out of your paper and focus solely on the philosophy.) If a chapter covers more than one philosopher, please feel free to focus on just one.
Option 2
Write a paper about any aspect of one of these philosophies that interests you:
The philosophy of Lao-tzu
The philosophy of Confucius
The philosophy of Buddha
The philosophy of Socrates
The philosophy of Plato
The philosophy of Aristotle
The philosophy of Descartes
The philosophy of Bentham
The philosophy of Mill
The philosophy of Kierkegaard
The philosophy of Sartre
The philosophy of de Beauvoir*
The philosophy of Camus*
The philosophy of Singer
*If you choose de Beauvoir or Camus, additional research beyond our textbook will be necessary. Please send me a message through Canvas inbox if you would like me to point you to some resources.
TEXTBOOK INFO:
Soccio, Douglas J. Archetypes of Wisdom. 9th ed. Cengage Learning, 2016 (ISBN 978-
1-285-87431-9)
