Topics
for Paper 5
Directions:
electronic copy: e-mail me at
victor.leuci@westminster-mo.edu); the name of your attached file
should be:
F09-227A-P5-Last Name, First
Name
(e.g. F09-227A-P5-Smith, Joan) or
F09-227B-P5-Last Name, First Name
(e.g. F09-227B-P5-Doe, John)
paper copy: bring to class
length:
600-1000ish
sources:
ancient:
Plato's Apology
modern:
none
in-text citing reminders:
you
must
include
in-text
citations,
indicating your sources of information (facts, theories, etc) at
the end of the sentence (or paragraph if everything in the paragraph is
from 1-2 pages).
for
the
Apology, one must
include specific page numbers.
bibliography: chose either APA6,
MLA7
or Chicago Manual of Style. Here is MLA7:
Plato, The Apology,
in
The Trial and Death of
Socrates:
Four Dialogues. Jowett, B. translator. New York: Dover
Publications, Inc. 1992. 19-41. Print.
reminders:
at
end of paper
not on a separate sheet
only
include
entries
for
what
you used in
your
paper
make
sure
the
bibliography
is
in the same font as your main text
make
sure
that
you
use
hanging indents for the bibliography (which I can't
replicate on this web page)
writing intensive:
don't
forget
to
turn
in
the draft copy with my or the Writing labs' comments
on it for it to count towards your revised paper total (and don't
forget to make the revisions!)
print
this
out
and
bring
this
to your writing lab conference and have the tutor
sign
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print
name:
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more
information, click
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Write on
one of the topics
below:
- Aristotle, in his Politics,
states
that
the
male
possesses "the rational ... element" (1260a). Examine
closely
the two speeches Socrates used in his defense (as given in Plato's Apology)
and,
based
on
that
examination,
argue to what extent Socrates defense was
rational (or irrational).
.
- We have seen that one way the
Greeks
explained
the misfortune or ruin of individuals is that these individuals
deserved their misfortune because they committed hubris as a
result
of having too much, i.e. the koros-hubris-ate pattern. Examine
carefully
all three speeches of Socrates in the Apology and determine
whether
this pattern fits for him. Make sure you support your thesis with good
examples from all three speeches and that you consider all the evidence
in each speech (pro or con your thesis).