Philosophy is 'original critical thought' Critical Thinking http://www.skepdic.com/ticriticalthinkin... Bertrand Russell on Critical Thinking http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Educ/EducHa... As opposed to the 'scholastic' "..."philosophologists", a term coined by Robert Pirsig ("Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance", "Lila") to denote people who study other people's philosophy but cannot do philosophy themselves. He also says that most people who consider themselves philosophers are actually philosophologists. The difference between a philosopher and a philosophologist is like the difference between an art and aesthetics; one does and the other studies what the other does and theorizes about it.
With basic existential, aesthetic, moral and epistemological questions: 1. How do we know? 2.
What is reality? 3. Do we have free will?
4. What is beauty? 5.
What is evil vs. good? 6. What is right and wrong?
7. What is the purpose of life?
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.