Title: Machiavelli's Prince and the Politics

This course seeks to compare what is often held to be two radically different un
derstanding of human political actions and the way politics works. We will close
ly examine first Machiavelli's Prince and then the heart of Aristotle's Politics
--books 4 though 6. The emphasis on those books rather than the more traditional
ly read and discussed books is to show that Aristotle's political teaching has a
very practical dimention that is all too often forgot. And when we read that i
n the light of what Machiavelli, who is all too often seen as the Master of Mode
rn Politics, teaches students will find an Aristotle they never saw before and o
ne that very much has something to teach contemporary students of politics.
Reading:
Primary texts will be the Machiavelli's Prince and Aristotle's Politics.
Assessment:
1 Semester Paper (20 pages), 1 Bibiographic Essay (8-10 Pages)
Reading
1. Machaivelli
2 Machaivelli
3 Machiavelli
4 Machaivelli
5 Machiavelli
6 Machiavelli
7 Machiavelli
8 Aristotle's
9 Aristotle's
10 Aristotle's
11 Aristotle's
12 Aristotle's
13 Aristotle's
14 Aristotle's

Prince Letter ded, ch 1-2

Prince ch 3-6
Prince ch 7-11
Prince ch 12-14
Prince ch 15-18
Prince ch 20-23
Prince ch 24-26
Politics Bk 4 chapters 1-3, sections of Bk 1 ch 8-11
Politics 4 chapters 4-6
Politics 4 chapters 7-10
Politics 4
Politics 4
Politics 4
Politics 4