Please create a 2-page OUTLINE in preparation for your first paper. Your outline must be double-spaced, regular margins, 12-point font, and 2 MOSTLY FULL PAGES. NO QUOTES. Please write in full sentences as well. NO QUOTES. EVERYTHING IN YOUR OWN WORDS ONLY (paraphrasing). MAKE SURE TO GIVE ME SOMETHING TO COMMENT ON. Write in full sentences, explain what Socrates, Epicurus, or Seneca means clearly and concretely. Explain your ideas clearly an succinctly as well. NO THOUGHT CLICHES! (https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Thought-terminating_clich%C3%A9) CHOOSE ONE OF THESE TOPICS BELOW (only ONE!) Option 1) Socrates Paper OUTLINE topic (complete this part in outline form; the essay based on this outline will be assigned later) Source: de Botton “Consolations of Philosophy” pages 3-42 NO OTHER SOURCES ALLOWED You will answer each one of the questions posed in the assignment in ONE outline. PLEASE ANSWER ALL OF THEM IN ONE OUTLINE. Keep your answers concise and simple, related to Socrates’s ideas ONLY to help keep your paper outline (and future paper) length to a reasonable amount. Keep in mind that some of the most famous papers in the history of philosophy have been 4-5 pages. You can do more than you think if you write succinctly, trust me! Socrates, in his defense of his life of seeking wisdom (in court), is trying to prove his innocence and argue that he is doing the right thing. 1) What, from Socrates’s perspective, is the problem that most of his fellow citizens have and how can philosophy and rational thinking help solve their problem(s)? 2) What are the “virtues” and actions from those “virtues” that Socrates values? Why? 3) What kind of knowledge and virtue is required for a meaningful life? Why? 4) Your reflection: in what way(s) might Socrates be right? In what way, if any, might he be wrong? Why? Please give clear and non-question begging answers (no “he is right because he does the thing that is right”, etc) Option 2) Epicurus Paper Outline Topic (complete this part in outline form; the essay based on this outline will be assigned later) Source: de Botton “Consolations of Philosophy” pages 45-72 NO OTHER SOURCES ALLOWED You will answer each one of the questions posed in the assignment in ONE outline. PLEASE ANSWER ALL OF THEM IN ONE OUTLINE. Keep your answers concise and simple, related to Epicurus’s ideas ONLY to help keep your paper outline (and future paper) length to a reasonable amount. Keep in mind that some of the most famous papers in the history of philosophy have been 4-5 pages. You can do more than you think if you write succinctly, trust me! Happiness is linked to pleasure (or really, your freedom from pain). By cultivating pleasures that avoid subsequent pain, we can live a happy life. We need three goods: friends, time to think, and self-sufficiency. Without these, we can never be happy, even if we are loaded with cash. Epicurus advises us to look in the right place for happiness (even though we are often deceived by society and advertising about where to find it). 1) Describe Epicurus’s views on the origins/causes of sadness and unhappiness. 2) What are all thee of Epicurus’s prescriptions to live a better life? 3) What does Epicurus really mean by “happiness”? (hint: it really isn’t the happiness we think about is our “common sense” use of the word) 4) Your reflection: in what way(s) might Epicurus be right? In what way, if any, might he be wrong? Why? Please give clear and non-question begging answers (no “he is right because he does the thing that is right”, etc) Option 3) Seneca Paper Outline Topic (complete this part in outline form; the essay based on this outline will be assigned later) Source: de Botton “Consolations of Philosophy” pages 75-112 NO OTHER SOURCES ALLOWED You will answer each one of the questions posed in the assignment in ONE outline. PLEASE ANSWER ALL OF THEM IN ONE OUTLINE. Keep your answers concise and simple, related to Seneca’s ideas ONLY to help keep your paper outline (and future paper) length to a reasonable amount. Keep in mind that some of the most famous papers in the history of philosophy have been 4-5 pages. You can do more than you think if you write succinctly, trust me! Seneca characterized anger as a rational response that nonetheless relies on false premises, namely that we have more control over our circumstances than we actually do, and that our optimism about outcomes is unfounded and sets us up with unrealistic expectations. 1) Describe Seneca’s views on frustration? What causes us to become frustrated? 2) What causes us to become angry, enrage our sense of injustice, and become anxious? 3) What is Seneca’s prescription to live a calmer life, to overcoming these maladies? 4) Your reflection: in what way(s) might Seneca be right? In what way, if any, might he be wrong? Why? Please give clear and non-question begging answers (no “he is right because he does the thing that is right”, etc) REMINDER: This MUST be written in OUTLINE form as ONE OUTLINE. Failure to write in outline format will result in loss of points. In your outline, you will address each of these 4 questions. Please see guidelines and my advice on D2L for help. MAKE SURE TO PROOF-READ and ERROR-CHECK. Some of the guidelines in Philosophy Writing Dos and Don’ts will apply to this assignment, not just the future essay. Don’t know what an outline is? Click here: The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton Please read pages 3-42 no other source.Show more
