What are your most significant areas for improvement

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Basic rules - 1,000 to1,250 words (4.0 pages to 5.0 pages) Times New Roman or Arial, 12 point font Double Spaced 1" Margins

-Use either APA or MLA format Bibliography: Please include a bibliography either APA or MLA

- You may use first person "I". You may also use second person "you". Or, you may use third person"one". Pick one and be consistent

Prompt- Theme: Know Oneself, Love Oneself, and Love One's Neighbor

Philosophers: Descartes, Conway, Cugoano, Kant, Emerson, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Du Bois, Wittgenstein, MLK, and Lugones. Pick Three! You are welcome to write on more than three of the philosophers we covered in class if you are so inclined.

Description: ***In this paper, you are reflecting on yourself and the readings. Ergo, your answers must be defensible and academic.*** Keep in mind that you do not need to find the words "know thyself" or "Love." You may be literal, but the other idea is to ask yourself how you have come to know and love yourself and your neighbor as we have been reading the selections from the history of Western philosophy.

For example, in reading Emerson, "I came to recognize that contradicting myself is one of the ways I develop in becoming myself." Include a quote. "Dare to contradict yourself." (Emerson) Explain how the quote defends your claims, your ideas, what you always knew and how you may have changed.

Paper Question: In the process of coming to know yourself, what were some of the most exciting discoveries you made while engaging in online discussions, the mini-exercises, the readings, the study questions, the in-class conversations, and presentations? About yourself? About others, including classmates, friends, family, neighbors, even strangers? How have you challenged yourself, your ideals, your philosophies, your concept of life? What do you love about life? What always brings tears to your eyes? (As Paulo Coelho has said, "Tears are words that need to be written."). What are your greatest strengths? What are your most significant areas for improvement? If your body could talk, what would it say? (empiricism) The words/ideas I'd like to live by are? (rationalism) What is life asking of me? What is my purpose? (Metaphysics). What can I know? (Epistemology).

Reflections: You do NOT need to directly answer each question but rather allow the question to stir your reflection on the course readings. This paper will consist of your thoughts, feelings, experiences, yet, in an academic and therefore defensible manner. You will need to defend your claims with evidence from the texts and a line of reasoning.

Philosophers: Please include at least three of the eleven philosophers as part of your response to the paper question listed above - Descartes, Conway, Cugoano, Kant, Emerson, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Du Bois, Wittgenstein, MLK, and Lugone

Rational Defense: Not a Summary of the Philosophers: Be sure you do not provide a summary of the philosopher or the philosophy. Instead, express your understanding of the philosophy and defend your reflections with the readings.

T, here is no one right answer here. You are invited to take a position and defend it with a line of reasoning and evidence. Be sure NOT to merely summarize the theories but rather defend your position with quotes from the readings, examples, and your own thoughts and experiences. Yes, as mentioned, you may write from the first-person perspective.

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