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Phil 20a Paper Topics 1Paper Topics 1 How we interpret ancient philosophy
Write a two-page paper that gives an answer to one of the following questions. After the paper has been criticized in class, you will have a chance to rewrite it. The polished paper must be typed and double-spaced. The paper should have one main idea with one main supporting reason. Focus is a very important quality for papers in this class. The paper should include a brief summary of the main idea from the readings that you are dealing with.
1. Has racism impacted the interpretation of the relationship between Egyptian and Greek Philosophy?
2. Is Bernal is wrong to claim Greek roots in Egypt because the Egyptians did not believe in democracy?
3. Do you believe that ancient Egyptians were black and does it matter?
4. Argue for or against the claim that the paragraph from Kitto is an example of the Aryan view of the relationship between Greece and Egypt.
5. Argue for or against the claim that Pythagoras studied in Egypt or that the Pythagorean theorem was not invented by Pythagoras.
6. Make an argument for or against the claim that it is important to understand the racial politics behind the scholarship when we study ancient Greek philosophy.
7. Should we rely on the interpretations of later ancient sources when studying ancient Greek philosophy?
8. Is the ancient Egyptian thought we studied from Frankfort “philosophy”?
9. Was ancient Egyptian society just?
10. Pick a topic of your own related to the issues we have read and or discussed so far.
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