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POLI 2510

Ancient and Medieval Political Thought

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

Fall 2025

Topics

  • the structure of class discussions. I greatly appreciate your flexibility and understanding
  • Course outline/introduction
  • Plato, Republic, up to 336b in Book I
  • Republic, remainder of Book I
  • Republic, Book II
  • Republic, Book III, starting at 398b
  • Republic, Book IV
  • Republic, Book V
  • Republic, Book VI
  • Republic, Book VII (to 520b)
  • Republic, Book VIII
  • Republic, Book IX
  • Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book I
  • Nicomachean Ethics, Book II
  • Book III
  • Nicomachean Ethics, Book IV
  • Nicomachean Ethics, Book V
  • Nicomachean Ethics, Book VI
  • Book VII
  • Nicomachean Ethics, Book VIII
  • Nicomachean Ethics, Book IX
  • Nicomachean Ethics, Book X
  • Selections from Livy, History of Rome and Augustine, City of God
  • “To the King of Cyprus,” Book I
  • On Kingship, Book I

Readings

  • Required: Plato Republic, trans. Allan Bloom (Basic Books) ISBN-13: 978-0465094080
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  • Required: Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics, trans. Robert Bartlett and Susan Collins (University of Chicago) ISBN-13: 978
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  • Required: Selections from Livy, History of Rome and Augustine, City of God. Thomas Aquinas, On Kingship: to the Kind of Cyprus, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
  • Required: Total Costs for Required Texts = plus tax for paperback editions
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