POLS 310 - Pillars Of Western Political Thought:Plato To Machiavelli

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Lewis & Clark College

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Holzwarth, Johnson Content: Political theorists and their theories--classical, early Christian, and early modern--and the potential relevance of their enterprise to ours. How we might go about our own enterprise more effectively, linking discipline and imagination. Consideration of six to eight works, in recent years including Plato's Apology, Crito, and Republic; Aristotle's Politics; works by Cicero and Polybius; Augustine's City of God; Machiavelli's Prince and Discourses; Hobbes' Leviathan; Locke's Second Treatise. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits.

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3.00

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Institution Website:

www.lclark.edu/

Phone Number:

(503) 768-7000

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

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Semester

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