Thursday, May 20, 2010

Writing a research paper for Survey of philosophy...which topic should I pick?

Here are the choice topics my professor has assigned us:





Pre-Socratics –the Golden Mean


Plato’s (427-347 b.c.) ‘The Republic’ The Philosopher-King


Book VII The Allegory of the Cave: illusion vs reality


Plato’s Theory of the Forms - the divided line


Aristotle’s (384-322 b.c.)‘Categories’


Confucius (551-479 b.c.) –Ethical ideals and the life of virtue


The Buddha and the Eightfold Noble Path [Siddhartha]


Buddhism and the search for nirvana


Islam (Mohammed [570-632 a.d.] -The Five Pillars of Islam


Political Science


The Social Contract –as defined by Thomas Hobbes %26amp;John Locke


‘On Liberty’ by John S. Mill –the individual as a product of society


‘A Theory of Justice’ by John Rawls – defining the common good


Civil Disobedience: Dr. Martin L.King, Jr.


The U.S. Constitution (Bill of Rights) 18th century vs. (contrast) to Marx/Engels ‘Communist Manifesto’ (19th century)


Georg Friedrich Hegel [1770-1831 ]‘Elements of Philosophy of Right’


Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-78] -the genera

Writing a research paper for Survey of philosophy...which topic should I pick?
Nietzsche is good.


So is Rousseau.
Reply:Pre-Socratics


Plato


Aristotle


The Buddha and the Eightfold Noble Path





These four are my favorites and fun to learn.
Reply:Islam (Mohamed [570-632 a.d.] -The Five Pillars of Islam





It is currently important to world peace to understand Islamic belief. There is to much fear of the unknown in western culture.





Don't worry so much, they believe in Jesus and Buddha to.

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