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Assignment

1. Explain Heraclites’ paradoxical views on the ontologically unstable world and on the feeble human logoi

2. Explain Parmenides’ theory of being and thinking (that they are the same thing) 

3. Explain Socrates’ search for essence and definition in Euthyphro and Meno

4. In your own words, describe Socrates’ dilemma of holiness in Euthyphro (god’s love – holiness vs holiness – god’s love)

5. Explain Plato’s epistemology (theory of knowledge as justified true belief) through his solution to the dilemma of inquiry (that inquiry is either unnecessary or impossible) 

6. In your own words, describe Plato’s argument from recollection (which aims to prove soul’s immortality)

7. Explain Plato’s theory of philosophy as the art of dying as framed into his two-world metaphysics (sensible and intelligible)

8. Explain the elements of Cynic ethics (virtue alone, action in accord with nature, denial of pleasure and shame, cosmopolitanism, etc.) 

9. In your own words, describe Aristotle’s paradox of time’s non-existence

Please be concise in your answers. All you need to do is to demonstrate your acquaintance with the readings we have covered. Your midterm paper should not exceed 4.5 pages (half a page per question).