This file contains ten writing assignments. For each assignment, students are instructed to write a brief response (300-500 words) in response to a quote by a famous philosopher.
The quotes cover multiple branches of philosophy, including metaphysics, ethics, aesthetics, and socio-politics.
The ten assignments are staggared for differentiated instruction; the quote by Thoreau can be answered by almost all students, while the quote by John Rawls gives gifted or advanced students an intellectua