Political Science 2237E Lecture Notes - Political Warfare
8 Jul 2014
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Aristotle"s paradigm: my essence is my reason and my development along the teleological path to excellence. You cannot understand the christian paradigm which dominated europe unless you know st. Augustine"s paradigm of human political societies getting worse as they grow>>intimate, domestic, city, world. Everything we do in the city of man is driven by passion and therefore sinful. Eros -greek-erotic passion, love of self, leading to contempt for god>> love in the city of man. Agape -love of other human beings, fraternal loves; love in the city of god. It is love, not reason that constructs the state, the laws, and the associations. Ever since the passions of adam and eve, humanity has been tainted by original sin; universalized to all human beings. We are all driven by passion in politics; making an oath and swearing allegiance to god is the glue of political society>>the fear of god makes us obey>>remember for hobbes.
