Essay102
Due: Wednesday 11:30 am
Your response to the following prompt should be submitted using the link provided in the Assignments folder by 11:30 AM, Wednesday, August 31st.
The response should:
• Be submitted as a DOCX or PDF file.
• Cite specific passages from Republic by author’s last name and page number; for example, (Plato 145). If you are using an electronic edition without pagination, then please note this for your TA before you begin your response. If you are using an electronic edition without pagination, then cite by the author’s last name; for example, (Plato).
• Be 400 to 600 words long. You may write beyond this, but the writing must be 400 words minimum to be accepted for our course. Please be sure that the response is 400 words minimum. Do not stop short, for example, at 200 or even at 390 words. If you need help reaching 400 words, then please contact your TA for assistance.
• Be organized as more than a single paragraph. Your reader needs to be able to follow and understand your thoughts.
• Be in paragraph format as opposed to an outline, numbered points, and so on.
• Respond to the prompt and show evidence of thought.
Please let myself or your TA know if you have questions about the prompt or as you are writing.
Prompt:
Plato makes an observation concerning the divide between “men of action” who utilize Rhetoric and “men of thought” who pursue Philosophy.
First, why does Plato view the pursuit of Philosophy as superior to that of Rhetoric? What is the difference between these pursuits and the men who follow them?
Second, even though Plato places the pursuit of Philosophy as superior to that of Rhetoric, why does he see men of thought as incomplete? Why should the ideal be the combination of men of thought with men of action?
Grading: 8-7 points: Both ideas and analysis of examples are strong and build upon class ideas.
6-5 points: Either ideas or analysis of examples could use more development, though the response, overall, builds upon class ideas.
4-3 points: Both ideas and analysis of examples could use more development. Moreover, the response repeats rather than builds upon class ideas.
2-1 point(s): Both ideas and analysis of examples could use more development. Moreover, the response contains misreading of the text. Responses that are only a single paragraph or that utilize an outline instead of a paragraph format will also be placed in this range.
0 points: A response is not submitted, or the response is less than 400 words.