What happens in terms of the wax’s sensory qualities as it melts? Tell
For this paper, consider Descartes’ famous “wax example” (Palmer 64-66), which he uses in order to argue for the existence of innate ideas. (If you have never had this experience, but feel like you need to in order to write about it, try it yourself—but be very careful!!) First, very briefly give a description of this experiment. […]
Qualities of a good ruler
Read pp. 525-40 of the Italian humanist Petrarch’s Letters of Old Age. In this selection, Petrarch outlined for his patron, Francesco da Carrara, Lord of Padua, the qualities of a good ruler. Write a one-page paper in which you identify and summarize two of those qualities. Introduction Do not spend too much space on introduction. […]