Political Science (PSCI)
Department of Political Science
Faculty of Public Affairs
PSCI 3709 [0.5 credit]
Ancient and Medieval Political Thought
The significance for political theory of the ancient and medieval controversies over nature/convention, power/knowledge, time/eternity, theory/practice, and science/mysticism. Thinkers such as Homer, the pre-Socratics, Plato and Aristotle, the neo-Platonists, Augustine, and the Scholastics.
Prerequisite:
PSCI 2300 or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.