Integrating Ethics & Philosophy: Fully Solved with Fodder Seeds, Trees & Spin-Off Essays — For Your Next Mains
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Welcome to IAS Monk’s solved UPSC CSE Essay Paper – 2025.
The 2025 paper blends sharp philosophical reflections with timeless human insights.
Each essay here is rebuilt in the Monk’s Signature Format — layered, literary,
analytical, and UPSC-ready.
Choose any of the eight topics below to read the full essay, along with
Monk’s optional Spin-Off reflections.
SECTION A — Philosophical Essays
Essay 1: Truth knows no color.
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Essay 2: The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
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Essay 3: Thought finds a world and creates one also.
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Essay 4: Best lessons are learnt through bitter experiences.
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SECTION B — India & Life-Centric Essays
Essay 5: Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.
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Essay 6: The years teach much which the days never know.
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Essay 7: It is best to see life as a journey, not as a destination.
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Essay 8: Contentment is natural wealth; luxury is artificial poverty.
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