POL320Y1 Lecture : notes
12 Oct 2011
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All texts have been ordered through the toronto woman"s bookstore at 720. Each text/assigned reading is accompanied by a reading guide that is posted on blackboard. The course reader may be posted on blackboard. Aristotelian political philosophy- any political philosophy that draws on. Modern political philosophy- begins in the 17th century and comes to full articulation in the 18th century. Reason- the age of reason occurred in the 18th century. 17th century philosophers (descartes, hobbes, spinoza, locke) were characterized by rationalism. 18th century philosophers (voltaire, rousseau, smith, kant) were characterized by the role of reason. Everyone can use his or her own reason. Reason functions in the same way for every human being. Reason is to the philosopher what grace is to the christian - encyclopedia- Reason is the modern equivalent to the all-knowing god who gives you eternal life. One is liberated from ignorance, external authority, and the past.
