Summer Timetable

POL200Y1Y L5101

Political Theory: Visions of the Just/Good Society

Themes

This course will provide an introduction to ancient and early modern political philosophy.

Texts

Machiavelli’s Prince; Hobbes’ Leviathan; Locke’s Second Treatise of Government; Plato’s Republic; Aristotle’s Politics. It will be important to purchase the assigned translations.

Format and Requirements

Two lectures and one tutorial per week or as available. Students will be assigned essays and a final exam.

Exclusions
POL200Y5/POLC70H3/POLC71H3