Politics
213: Writing Political Philosophy
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This writing-centered course
introduces students to the social sciences in general, and to the study of
politics and the approach of political philosophy in particular. The primary
work of the course will consist of close reading and interpretation of Plato,
Epicurus, Thomas More and Michel Montaigne, original exponents of influential
philosophical systems, who employ distinctive literary genres. Their
contrasting conceptions of individuality and community will be discussed, and
the contemporary implications of these differences for ethics and politics
explored.
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