PO402 Modern Political Philosophy
This course is an intensive study of major texts in medieval political thought. Particular attention will be given to the issue of how medieval thinkers from a variety of backgrounds attempted to deal with the relationship between reason and revelation in politics. Thinkers to be studied may include St. Augustine, John of Salisbury, St. Thomas Aquinas, Dante, Marsilius of Padua, Maimonides, Alfarabi, Averroes, Avicenna, and others. Offered in alternate years.