Due: March 3Rd Select 1 Of These Topics To Focus On When Doing. Topics 1.

Due: March 3rd Select 1 of these topics to focus on when doing
Topics 1
Although Socrates never wrote anything, his ideas were captured and communicated by his student, Plato
You have already read a selection from Platos Republic
Also consider the documentThe Defense of Socrates, (https://www
gutenberg
org/files/13726/13726-h/13726-h
htm) in which Socrates defends himself when he is on trial for his life before the Athenian assembly
How do these documents trace out a vision of Socratic philosophy? What is the goal? What is the method? In what ways might the philosophical approach still be of value today?  2
The section on the Roman Empire provided accounts from Augustus, Nero, and Marcus Aurelius
This should also consider an account (again, from Suetonius) of the Emperor Domitian, (http://penelope
uchicago
edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Domitian*
html)
How do these various documents demonstrate both the ideals for Roman Emperors and their practice? How did Emperors both shape and respond to culture in the Empire? How do you assess an institution in which these four emperors (among many others) were in charge?   3
The Early Christian Church remains a topic of on-going interest
In addition to the documents for the course, also consider,The Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus,’ (http://www
earlychristianwritings
com/text/diognetus-roberts
html) and Clement of Alexandrias Stromata, (https://www
newadvent
org/fathers/02101
htm)
How did the Early Church relate to its broader culture? What did it share with Greco-Roman culture, what did it reject, and what did it transform? How does this help us understand the growth of the Early Christian Church? Other Details Plagiarism: Plagiarism will not be tolerated
I included the links next to the topics in bold