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Objectives:
This project allows the students to demonstrate their understanding of how modern philosophy differs from ancient philosophy. The project allows the students to demonstrate their understanding of the way in which the Ancients approached philosophy, and it also allows the students to demonstrate their understanding of the way in which modern philosophers break away from the Ancients. The students will also have the opportunity to learn more about the thoughts of one of several modern philosophers as they examine excerpts from one of that philosopher's major works.

Directions:
1- Click on the "Background" link. Examine the basic biographical and historical information related to the philosophers you have to choose from in order to complete this assignment. You MUST read about all of the philosophers as you will be responsible for the information on this particular page.

2- Choose one of the philosophers from the "Background" page to use for this assignment.

3- Go to the "Philosophers" link. Use this page to gain access to a major work written by the philosopher that you have chosen for this assignment. Note that beside each link to the philosopher's major work are instructions as to which parts of the work you will need to read in order to complete this assignment. YOU DO NOT have to read the complete work, but rather only the excerpts indicated.

4- Read the indicated excerpts of the work that you have chosen; be sure that you take notes on information related to the way in which the work breaks with ancient philosophy (i.e., pragmatism and the prohibition of questions).

5- After reading the excerpts from the work and taking notes, go to the "Outline" link. This page shows you exactly how you are to outline a five paragraph essay which would examine how the work you chose breaks with the Ancients. Note that you MUST use specifics and examples from BOTH the text you just examined AND Plato's REPUBLIC (which you can find a link to on the "Philosophers" page). You will also learn on the "Outline" page that you are to write the first sentence of your introductory paragraph, your thesis statement, specifics and examples, and the ENTIRE concluding paragraph. Remember, you are only writing an outline and not the actual essay; however, in order to receive a high grade on this assignment you MUST provide clear specifics and good, strong examples to support those specifics. Each body paragraph should have two specifics with one ancient and one modern example for each specific.

6- On the day that the assignment is due you will take a quiz that will cover both the content on this web site AND the particular work that you read.