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LEC # TOPICS READINGS

1 Introduction

2 Plato,Apology

3 Plato, Crito

4Aristotle,

NichomacheanEthics

Aristotle. Nichomachean Ethics.Edited by Iverson.

Book 10. Chapter 9.

. Politics.Book 1 (entire).

. Politics.Book 2. Chapters 1-5.

5 Aristotle, PoliticsAristotle. Politics.Book 3 (entire).

. Politics.Book 4. Chapters 1-13.

6Aristotle, Politics(cont.)

Aristotle. Politics.Book 5. Chapters 1-5 and 8.

. Politics.Book 6. Chapters 1-5.

. Politics.Book 7 (entire).

7Machiavelli, ThePrince

Machiavelli. The Prince.Dedication, and chapters 1-14.

8Machiavelli, TheDiscourses on Livy

Machiavelli. The Prince.Chapters 15-26.

. Discourses on Livy.Book 1. Introduction andchapters 1-5.

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Machiavelli, The

Discourses on Livy(cont.)

Machiavelli. Discourses on Livy.Book 1. Chapters 6-12, 16-18, 55 and 58.

. Discourses on Livy. Book 2. Introduction,

and chapters 1-2.

. Discourses on Livy. Book 3. Chapters 1 and40-41.

10 Hobbes, LeviathanHobbes. Leviathan.Introduction, and chapters 6,10-11 and 13.

11Hobbes, Leviathan(cont.)

Hobbes. Leviathan.Chapters 14-19.

12 Hobbes, Leviathan(cont.) Hobbes. Leviathan.Chapters 21, 24 and 28-30.

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Locke, Second

Treatise

Locke. Second Treatise of Government.Chapters 1-

5.

14Locke, SecondTreatise(cont.)

Locke. Second Treatise of Government.Chapters 7-9.

15Locke, SecondTreatise(cont.)

Locke. Second Treatise of Government.Chapters10-14, and 19 (pp. 211-230 and 240-243).

16Rousseau, Discourseon Inequality

Rousseau. Discourse on Inequality.Part 1.

17 Rousseau, Discourseon Inequality(cont.) Rousseau. Discourse on Inequality.Part 2.

18Rousseau, SocialContract

Rousseau. Social Contract.Book 1 (all).

. Social Contract.Book 2. Chapters 1-4, 6-9.

19Rousseau, SocialContract(cont.)

Rousseau. Social Contract.Book 3. Chapters 1-7, 9-10.

. Social Contract.Book 4. Chapters 1-2, 7-9.

20Marx, "On the JewishQuestion," and "1844Manuscripts"

Marx. "On the Jewish Question." In Marx-EngelsReader. pp. 26-52.

. "1844 Manuscripts." In Marx-Engels Reader.pp. 70-105.

. "Communist Manifesto." In Marx-Engels

Reader. pp. 472-91.

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Marx, CommunistManifesto andSelections from

Capital

Marx. "Selections from Capital." In Marx-EngelsReader. pp. 302-8, 319-29, 392-403 and 407-15.

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Tocqueville,

Democracy inAmerica

Tocqueville. Democracy in America.Vol. 1.

Introduction, Part 1, chapters 2-4, chapter 5 (pp.61-70 and 87-98), Part 2, chapter 4, chapter 5 (pp.196-201 and 220-230), chapters 6-9, chapter 10(pp. 316-20 and 340-63), Conclusion.

23-24Tocqueville,Democracy in

America(cont.)

Tocqueville. Democracy in America.Vol. 2. Part 1,chapters 1-2, Part 2 chapters 1-8, Part 3, chapters1, 5, and 7-9, Part 4, chapters 1-3, and 6-8.

25 Concluding Lecture