Overview
Three Major Writing Assignments: Introduction to Philosophy
Essay One: Beginning to Philosophize
Write an essay of 3-6 pages.
Your essay should have a formal introduction, body, and conclusion.
Before writing the paper you should read Plato’s Cave, The Apology, The Symposium, and view our class videos. Also, search the Web to see many graphic versions versions of the Cave.
Please be sure to use a cover sheet that has an image and a title that reflect the thesis of your paper.
In the introduction to your essay, please underline the 1-2 sentence main idea of the paper
What are the three most important themes in Plato’s account of the interior of the Cave? Please identify and describe with quotations from the text. Finally, show how each of these themes is relevant to life today.