Book: The Apology (in Five Dialogues: Euthyphro,
Apology, Crito, Phaedo, Meno, trans. Grube)
(after 399 B.C.) by Plato. Publisher Hackett Publ
Begin by reading the following Universal Discussion Prompt Question Set (also in the syllabus) to spark your own thinking. You don’t need to answer all of the questions (in fact, you couldn’t do that in a single page), just the question or questions that you think will help you teach yourself the most about the reading. Remember that you are free to follow your thinking where it takes you. You’ll get the hang of writing a DP as you go.
Also remember that to earn credit, you must use at least one significant quotation from the assigned reading for each prompt. The best way to dig deeper into the meaning of these texts is to analyze their language carefully (as we’ll do in class discussion), so usually you will want to use more than one quotation.
Prompts must use 12-point Courier New font, double spaced, with 1-inch margins on all sides of the page (not counting headers), and no more than 1 page long. If you have more than 1 typed page of ideas, submit only your best stuff.
Universal Discussion Prompt Question Set:
What kind of freedom at stake in this reading? (Physical? Legal? Political? Social? Linguistic? Another kind?)
How is it threatened or denied?
How does the author or protagonist (the main character) strive to defend or attain or create this freedom? Do other characters behave differently?
Does the character’s pursuit of freedom change over the course of the story or essay?
Does this pursuit of freedom remind you of anything from today’s world or your own life? Explain how it’s similar or different and why that similarity or difference is important.
If none of these questions sparks your own thinking (one of the main goals of a DP), offer one that does and then answer it. If you write a helpful question of your own, I will give you 25 bonus points on that DP and include your question in my next section of CORE: FFS.
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