Debate the argument that our memories and personalities are shaped entirely by the impressions of our senses.

Answer the questions below in a 3-page, double-spaced essay. You are permitted to use your textbook, but you may not use any other outside sources. And since you are permitted to use your textbook, I expect to see you quoting the course texts in your essays.

Part III: Modern World (Voltaire, Rousseau, Baudelaire, Kafka)

Empiricist philosophers argue that our memories and personalities are shaped entirely by the impressions of our senses. Select two works from the final segment of the course and compare the way they treat the process of perception. What does this indicate about the way the world (especially Europe) was changing in the 19th and early 20th centuries?

Stories I chose: Jean-Jacques Rosseau – Confessions and Franz Kafka – Metamorphosis

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