Government 261 - ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL POL THEORY

An examination of the great thinkers of the classical and (time permitting) medieval periods. Possible topics include: family and the state, freedom and the gods, war are faction, politics and philosophy, secular and religious authority, justice, citizenship, regimes, and natural law. Selected authors include: Sophocles, Aeschylus, Aristophanes, Thucydides, Xenophon, Plato, Aristotle, Polybius, Cicero, Lucretious, Augustine, Aquinas, and Marsilius.