CLST 4300: Western Political Thought: Plato to the Renaissance
(Dual-listed with POLS 5300/ CLST 5300).
(Cross-listed with POLS 4300).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: 6 credits in POLS, HIST, or PHIL
Original texts in political thought from ancient Greece to the Renaissance. Topics such as justice, freedom. virtue, the allocation of political power, the meaning of democracy, human nature, and natural law.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)