Assignment task:: Discuss The Following Questions:
1. Plato's Cave Allegory has been said to combine the ideas of Heraclitus (that all change) and Parmenides (that there is no change). Using the world inside the cave and the world outside the cave, as well as the journey from one to the other defends this interpretation.
2. Briefly describe the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism and how they can decrease suffering in a human life.
3. Compare and contrast Aristotle and the Buddha. In what way or ways are they alike and how are they different?
4. Compare and contrast the views of Plato and Aristotle on the relationship between Form and matter. Given your knowledge of Western science and/or Eastern metaphysics, choose one of these views and defend it philosophically.
5. Describe the roles of yin and yang in Taoist metaphysics. How does each represent the Tao and what relationship do the two have with each other?
6. What are the implications if there is order and purpose in the cosmos and if there is not? Use either the Seneca creation myth or the African American experience of a sacred cosmos to explore the implications of this question.