In essay form, utilizing at least three of the resources listed below, and in no more than 700 words, please upload a document responding to all of the following:
(1) What is Wisdom?
(2) What is Philosophy?
(3) How are the two related?
(4) Why does Philosophy matter?
Approved Sources:
Aristotle, Metaphysics, book 1, chapters 1-2
*Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, book 6, chapter 7
Hadot, What is Ancient Philosophy, ch. 4
Hadot, Philosophy as a Way of Life, ch. 11
*Hugh of St. Victor, Didascalicon, book 1
Pieper, The Philosophical Act [this work is included at the end of Leisure the Basis of Culture]
Plato, Apology
*Plato, Symposium
The uploaded document should include your name, be single-spaced, with 1 in. margins all around, and executed in a standard 12 pt. font such as Times New Roman, Arial, Garamond, etc. You should provide parenthetical citations wherever applicable and use your sources as foundations for your answers. If you are relying on a modern source to address one of the questions, then you should place the author’s last name, abbreviated title, and page number within parentheses. If you are relying on an ancient or medieval source reading, then place the author’s name, abbreviated title, and book, chapter, section, or page number within parentheses.
Remember, your essay should be your own. This is not a research paper. Do not copy and paste from outside web sources or consult any unauthorized material (whether print or digital). If you would like to utilize a source you are unsure about, please seek permission from the professor. Use of unauthorized source material will result in a “0” on the assignment. Use of a Chatbot or any other form of conversational AI is absolutely prohibited. The consequences for plagiarism or other forms of academic dishonesty are outlined in the syllabus.
For grading criteria, please consult the rubric in Blackboard.
Any readings which have not been assigned previously or are not included in the required texts for the course will be available in a designated folder. I’ve marked them with an asterisk above. *
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Please do not consult or use any external sources. My professor want original thought and ideas combined with what was learnt from the lecture and the readings
