HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT: ANCIENT

Semester
Fall 2023
Instructor(s)
Units
4
Section
1
Number
112A
CCN
23119
Times
TuTh 2-3:30pm
Location
LEWS100
Course Description

This course will focus on ancient Greek political thought. We will read Sophocles’ Antigone; selections from Thucydides’ Peloponnesian War; Plato’s Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Gorgias, and selections from Republic; and selections from Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and Politics. Themes will include political obligation and civil disobedience, the relation between power and justice, and the relevance of ethics to politics. Students will be expected to read thoroughly and participate frequently.

 

Note: This description is from Fall 2012