short assignments

Wicked Pleasures

What Is Philosophy? And Why Bother? : Read Brooks, “History for Dollars” (M).

Reading Questionnaire

This brief editorial can be found at: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/08/opinion/08brooks.html.

#1. On what grounds does Brooks believe college students should take, and take very seriously,

a college major’s worth of humanities courses (i.e. philosophy, lit, theology, history . . . )?

#2. What is “The Big Shaggy”? And why, according to Brooks, is it so important to “befriend”

(and not be “dumb” about) this “destructive but tender inner beast”?

See Other Side.

#3. What do you find least persuasive in Brooks’ editorial? {Again, be sure to explain your

reasoning.}

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