Early Political Thought: Text and Traditions

INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT IN THE HUMANITIES 203C

A selected survey of the political and moral thought of Europe from the rise of Athenian democracy to the Renaissance, with emphasis on analysis and discussion of writers such as Thucydides, Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, Castiglione, and Machiavelli. The course aims to introduce students to basic texts in the intellectual history of Western Europe, understood both as products of a particular time and place and as self-contained arguments that strive to instruct and persuade. The texts are simultaneously used to chart the careers of such fundamental notions as liberty, virtue, and justice.
Course Attributes: EN H; BU Hum; AS HUM; AS LCD; FA HUM; AR HUM; AMP

Section 01

Early Political Thought: Text and Traditions
INSTRUCTOR: Gais
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Section 02

Early Political Thought: Text and Traditions
INSTRUCTOR: Lovett
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