Fall/Winter Timetable
POL355Y1Y L0101
Topics in Classical Political Thought
The Problem of Virtue
Themes
The course will be guided by two questions. What is virtue or superiority of soul? And what is its relation to politics? We will read a range of classical texts, including philosophy, comedy, and tragedy, as well as some modern ones for purposes of comparison. Our study will begin with and remain anchored in Thucydides’ great narrative, The Peloponnesian War—a text that offers two rival visions of virtue, those associated with the war’s principal antagonists, Sparta and Athens.
Texts
TBA
Format and Requirements
TBA
Prerequisites
POL200Y1 or POL200Y5 or (POLC70H3, POLC711H3)
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