Intro to Political Philosophy – Yale

1.  Introduction – What is Political Philosophy

2.  Socratic Citizenship – Plato, The Apology

3. Socratic Citizenship – Plato, Crito

4. Philosophers and Kings – Plato, Republic, I-II

5. Philosophers and Kings – Plato, Republic, III-IV

6. Philosophers and Kings – Plato, Republic, V

7. The Mixed Regime and the Rule of Law – Aristotle, Politics, I, III

8.  The Mixed Regime and the Rule of Law_ Aristotle, Politics, IV

9. The Mixed Regime and the Rule of Law_ Aristotle, Politics, VII

10. New Modes and Orders_ Machiavelli, The Prince (chaps. 1-12)

11. New Modes and Orders_ Machiavelli, The Prince (chaps. 13-26)

12. The Sovereign State – Hobbes, Leviathan (I)

13. The Sovereign State – Hobbes, Leviathan (II)

14.  The Sovereign State – Hobbes, Leviathan (III)

15. Constitutional Government – Locke, Second Treatise (1-5)

16. Constitutional Government – Locke, Second Treatise (7-12)

17.  Constitutional Government – Locke, Second Treatise (13-19)

18. Democracy and Participation – Rousseau, Discourse on Inequality (author’s preface, part I)

19. Democracy and Participation – Rousseau, Discourse on Inequality (part II)

20. Democracy and Participation – Rousseau, Social Contract, I-II

21. Democratic Statecraft – Tocqueville, Democracy in America

22. Democratic Statecraft – Tocqueville, Democracy in America

23. Democratic Statecraft – Tocqueville, Democracy in America

24. In Defense of Politics