Writing a TOK essay - Dirk Solies

Writing a TOK essayby Richard van de LagemaatTheory of Knowledge for the IB DiplomaRichard van de Lagemaat978 0 521542 98 information on the author s education consultancy service: information on the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme: Cambridge University Press 2007 Writing a TOK essay Most people would rather die than think ; in fact they do so. BERTRANDRUSSELL, 1872 19701 You aren t going to have good ideas, unless you have lots of ideas andsome principle of selection. LINUSPAULING, 1901 1994 It is dangerous to read about a subject before we have thought aboutit ourselves .. When we read, another person thinks for us; we merelyrepeat his mental process. ARTHURSCHOPENHAUER, 1788 1860 I write because I don t know what I think until I read what I say. WILLIAMFAULKNER, 1897 1962 What is written without pain is read without pleasure. SAMUELJOHNSON,1709 1784 Just as the sentence contains one idea in all its fullness, so theparagraph should embrace a distinct episode; and as sentences shouldfollow one another in harmonious sequence, so paragraphs must fitinto one another like the automatic couplings of railway carriages.

Writing a TOK essay ‘Most people would rather die than think; in fact they do so.’ BERTRAND RUSSELL, 1872–1970 1 ‘You aren’t going to have good ideas, unless you have lots of ideas and

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