So I know that I don’t use many quotes, and that’s because I really wanted to get my own ideas out so that you guys really have a good chance to critique and help me move forward with this essay. Not to worry, I plan on adding a lot more quotes to back up my […]
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MP 3 Rough Draft 3 comments
Easiest/Most difficult 3 comments
The aspect of college writing/ political theory that I found to be the easiest was the concept of “legitimate authority”. Although there are many different views and ideas on what makes authority legitimate, I am always able to grasp what each theorist is explaining regarding political legitimacy. I think that it is the easiest part […]
Rough Draft MP 2 3 comments
The areas of my paper that I’m struggling in are creating my own arguments while comparing and contrasting Locke and Hobbes. I don’t believe that there is much room for me to expand on my own ideas as to why government exists, because I feel that I have to work within the realm of these […]
Locke’s theory on power 3 comments
Within passage 111 on page 60 within Locke’s text, he makes the argument that generally if people have the free will to consent to the power that they choose, they will likely choose a single person authority. Essentially, Locke starts out with explaining that within a family the members generally consent to the rule of […]
Snapshot 3 comments
When I started my paper, I knew that I would be writing more heavily from the Plato perspective than the Goldman, because honestly I find Goldman to be overbearing and a little annoying. However, I do try to give both sides a fair shot at expressing their beliefs. I decided to replace the Crito/Socrates scene […]
Major Paper Rough Draft 2 comments
Katie Maser English 298B Rough Draft 1 10/21/11 If Goldman were Crito We find ourselves in the City State of Athens, in a jail cell somewhere deep within the city. Socrates sits alone awaiting his punishment, sullen with the knowledge that he will likely never be a free man again. Socrates accepts his fate; he […]
The Last 2.5 Weeks 4 comments
The last two and a half weeks have been incredibly different for me. For starters. I’m not really used to having to budget my time and deal with free periods. I’m used to having my life scheduled out every minute, and it’s weird to have so much time on my hands. As far as writing […]
Goldman and the Selves 5 comments
Goldman would have an incredibly negative reaction to those who believe fully in the thick self. In the debate between the moderns and the ancients, Goldman would definitely be a modern because she believes in the free thinker and the non-conformist. All of Goldman’s ideas point towards the thin self, a free thinking individual that […]
Important Words 3 comments
Two words that stood out to me within the texts of Apology and Crito are defense and corruption. Defense is a key term within the text of Apology because it has a multi-faceted meaning. I think that Plato believes that Socrates defends his method more than himself. Socrates is indeed defending himself, but more importantly […]