Philosophy Paper

Writing assignment

A serious and substantive essay clearly and concisely composed, in length at least ten pages of

text (not including bibliographical information and such like), on a topic of your design,

regarding a specific idea or perspective, or grouping of ideas or perspectives, from Emerson’s

essays: “Nature”, “The American Scholar”, “The Transcendentalist”, and the “Method of

Nature”.

This paper, must be: (i) as above, serious and substantive, and clear and concise, (ii) in length at

least ten pages of text (not including bibliographical information and such like), (iii) formatted

precisely as specified below,

Please format your work: (i) as a single document, including (ii) no cover page, (iii) in the top

left-hand corner of your first page, your first and last name, in that order, major(s) and minor(s),

and your projected semester and year of graduation, (iv) an appropriately descriptive title, (v)

double-spaced text, (vi) in 12 pt Times Roman font, (vii) with one-inch margins all around, and

(viii) commonsense citations (included parenthetically, for example, in footnotes or endnotes, in

a bibliography, some combination thereof, and so on). (The reason for such specific formatting

requirements is solely to maximize fairness in the evaluation process, by eliminating as far as

possible ways in which one submission may “look better” than another.)

Please note: Failure to observe any of the above eleven entirely straightforward formatting and

submission requirements may result in your work being adversely evaluated, or not evaluated at

all