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I N WHAT WAY IS THE NOVEL A MYSTERY ? W HAT ELEMENTS OF MYSTERY ARE IN THE NOVEL ? Could we include the mysterious messages, the…? Jot down more ideas Share your ideas aloud

W HAT MIGHT THE AUTHOR WANT US TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT PHILOSOPHY BY WRITING THE NOVEL THIS WAY ? Could it be like the magic trick analogy? Could he be making a comparison to help us understand philosophy and philosophers?

A COMPARISON TO HELP US UNDERSTAND PHILOSOPHY AND PHILOSOPHERS ? The universe / the world is Who / What creates / controls We / People are Philosophers The universe / the world is Who / What creates / controls We / People are Philosophers Existence / Life is like a magic trick Existence / Life is like a mystery novel

W HAT ELSE DOES THE AUTHOR TRY TO COMMUNICATE TO US ABOUT PHILOSOPHY, PHILOSOPHERS, PHILOSOPHICAL PROJECTS, LEARNING PHILOSOPHY – VS - LEARNING TO THINK PHILOSOPHICALLY ? Jot down some ideas Share your ideas aloud

S O, HOW DOES THE BOOK, SO FAR, HELP US TO ANSWER OUR RESEARCH QUESTION : P HILOSOPHY - W HAT DOES IT MEAN ( DEFINITION, DIVISIONS OR BRANCHES, PURPOSE, VALUE )? Notice that we have already cover some of this, but what goes where? What else should we include and where? Jot down more ideas Share your ideas aloud

D EFINITION Jot down your ideas Share your ideas aloud

DIVISIONS OR BRANCHES Jot down your ideas Share your ideas aloud

PURPOSE Jot down your ideas Share your ideas aloud

VALUE Jot down your ideas Share your ideas aloud

W ISEST IS SHE WHO KNOWS SHE DOES NOT KNOW (67). What does this mean? Which philosopher and philosophical movement does this represent? How? What does this suggest? Jot down your ideas Share your ideas aloud

D ISCUSS THE FOLLOWING Q UOTE : Mankind is faced with a number of difficult questions that we have to satisfactory answer to. So now, two possibilities present themselves: we can either fool ourselves and the rest of the world by pretending that we know all there is to know, or we can shut our eyes to the central issues once and for all and abandon all progress. In this sense, humanity is divided. People are, generally speaking, either dead certain or totally indifferent. (Both types are crawling deep down in the rabbits fur!) (68).