History of Political Philosophy 1
History of Political Philosophy 1: Ancient and Medieval Political Philosophy
Jun-Hyeok KWAK
Week1: Introduction (1): What is political philosophy?
[Required Reading] Leo Strauss, “What is political philosophy?,” in What is political philosophy (Free Press, 1959), pp. 9-55.
Week 2: Introduction (2): Text and Context
[Required Reading] Quentin Skinner, “Preface,” in The Foundation of Modern Political Thought Vol.1 (Cambridge University Press, 1978), pp. ix-xv.
Week 3: Greek Political Philosophy (1): The Birth of Politics
[Required Reading] Thucydides, “Funeral Oration,” in History of the Peloponnesian War, translated by Rex Warner (Penguin, 1972), 1.139-146.
Week 4: Greek Political Philosophy (2): Experts or Commons
[Required Reading] Plato, Protagoras, in Plato II, Laches, Protagoras, Meno, Euthydemus, translated W. R. M. Lamb (Harvard University Press, 1999), 317b-323c.
Week 5: Greek Political Philosophy (3): Plato’s Republic (Politics and Philosophy)
[Required Reading] Plato, Republic, Book 1, translated by Allan Bloom (Basic Books, 1968), pp. 3-34.
[Pop Quiz 1] Study questions will be provided a week in advance.
Week 6: Greek Political Philosophy (4): Plato’s Republic (the Best Regime)
[Required Reading] Plato, Republic, Book 4, translated by Allan Bloom (Basic Books, 1968), pp. 97-125.
Week 7: Greek Political Philosophy (5): Plato’s Republic (On Democracy)
[Required Reading] Plato, Republic, Book 9, translated by Allan Bloom (Basic Books, 1968), pp. 251-275.
Week 8: Greek Political Philosophy (6): Aristotle’s Politics (Political Life)
[Required Reading] Aristotle, Politics, Book 1 & Book 2, translated by C.D.C. Reeve (Hackett, 1998), pp. 1-64.
Week 9: Greek Political Philosophy (7): Aristotle’s Politics (Regime Change)
[Required Reading] Aristotle, Politics, Book 4 & Book 5, translated by C.D.C. Reeve (Hackett, 1998), pp. 101-174.
Week 10: Mid Exam (Take-Home)
Week 11: Roman Political Philosophy (1): Cicero’s On Duties (Decorum)
[Required Reading] Cicero, On Duties Book 1, translated by Margaret Atkins (Cambridge University, 1991), pp. 1-62.
Week 12: Roman Political Philosophy (2): Cicero’s On Duties (Utility)
[Required Reading] Cicero, On Duties Book 2, translated by Margaret Atkins (Cambridge University, 1991), pp.63-100.
Week 13: Roman Political Philosophy (3): Cicero’s On Duties (Natural Law)
[Required Reading] Cicero, On Duties Book 3, translated by Margaret Atkins (Cambridge University, 1991), pp. 101-147.
Week 14: Medieval Political Philosophy (1): Augustine’s Confessions (Free Will)
[Required Reading] Augustine, Confessions Book 10, translated by Henry Chadwick (Oxford University Press, 2009), pp. 179-220.
Week 15: Medieval Political Philosophy (2): Augustine’s City of God (Just War)
[Required Reading] Augustine, City of God Book 15 & 19, translated by R. W. Dyson (Cambridge University Press, 1998), pp. 634-693 & 909-964.
Week 16: Medieval Political Philosophy (3): Aquinas’s Summa theologiae (Natural Law)
[Required Reading] Aquinas, Summa theologiae, in Political Writings, edited and translated by R. W. Dyson (Cambridge University Press, ), pp. 101-125.
[Pop Quiz 2] Study questions will be provided a week in advance.
Week 17: Medieval Political Philosophy (4): Aquinas’s Summa theologiae (Right and Justice)
[Required Reading] Aquinas, Summa theologiae, in Political Writings, edited and translated by R. W. Dyson (Cambridge University Press, 2004), pp. 158-191.
Week 18: Renaissance Political Philosophy (1): Machiavelli’s The Prince (Politics and Morality)
[Required Reading] Machiavelli, The Prince Ch.15-19, translated by Harvey Mansfield (University of Chicago Press, 1998), pp. 61-82.
Week 19: Renaissance Political Philosophy (2): Machiavelli’s The Prince (Political Leadership)
[Required Reading] Machiavelli, The Prince Ch.6-10, 20, 25-26, translated by Harvey Mansfield (University of Chicago Press, 1998), pp. 21-44, 83-86, 98-105.
Week 20: Final Exam (In-class Exam)