This is assignment is on the first 55 pages of Sophie's World. It needs to be completed by July 1. You need to
A. Post a thoughtful, effective, and elegant response to each of the questions below and
B. Post at least one response to one of your classmates answers to these questions.
1. What do you think of Sophie? Is she a sympathetic character? Are you compelled by the same questions and conundrums that fascinate her?
2. At one point Sophie tells Joanna that they do not learn enough about the big questions of life (Philosophy) in school...do you agree with her that schools should focus more on such questions?
3. According to Alberto, what is the difference between myth and philosophy?
4. Why does Alberto call the Pre-Socratic Greek thinkers "Natural Philosophers"?
5. Do you believe in fate? What evidence can you site for either side of the argument as to whether there is such a thing as fate?
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
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