Please respond to the following three questions in full and in detail. The length of answers should be in several thorough paragraphs detailing an accurate response. The grammar should be upper-level.
The questions are:
1. 1) A common theme addressed by many of the authors in this course is the role of human nature in politics. Two thinkers from different time periods who have distinct views on the role of human nature are Aristotle and Machiavelli. Explain their thoughts on human nature and how it influences the political realm. How should leaders/states manage the natural impulses and desires of a man?
2.Compare and contrast the Ancient Greek and Ancient Roman conceptions of the state. How do Plato and Cicero define key terms, such as citizenship, virtue, and state? And how do these affect their notions of an ideal form of government?
3. Two concepts addressed by many of the thinkers we have read this semester are virtue and self-interest. Explain the views of at least one ancient and one medieval thinker in regard to these concepts. Are these concepts contradictory? How did these thinkers relative time periods likely influence their ideas?
The responses should address each part of the question directly with a clear and well-defined argument, thoughtfully engage with the course readings by drawing relevant comparisons among authors, explain the readings in their proper historical context, and use appropriate examples to relate concepts in the readings and demonstrate their impacts on modern politics.
Direct intext quotes are required to further explain one’s point in the response.
Down below, you will find several links of texts that you can only use to respond to the questions, choose respectively:
The Prince By Machiavelli:
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1232/1232-h/1232-h.htm
The Magna Carta:
https://www.archives.gov/files/press/press-kits/magna-carta/magna-carta-translation.pdf
On Duties By Cicero:
https://oll.libertyfund.org/title/cicero-on-moral-duties-de-officiis
Justice and the Polis:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/saylordotorg-resources/wwwresources/site/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/POLSC201-1.7.3-Distributive-Justice-as-the-Task-of-the-Polis-FINAL.pdf
Aristotle and Law:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/saylordotorg-resources/wwwresources/site/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/POLSC201-1.7.4-The-Primacy-of-Law-FINAL.pdf
Politics By Aristotle:
http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/politics.html
Apology by Plato:
https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000003/http:/www.gutenberg.org/files/1656/1656-h/1656-h.htm
The Republic By Plato:
http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/republic.html
The Crito By Plato:
https://web.archive.org/web/20160331132313/http:/www.gutenberg.org/files/1657/1657-h/1657-h.htm
What was the Polis:
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/ancient-medieval/classical-greece/a/the-greek-polis
The Meditations By Marcus Aurelius:
http://classics.mit.edu/Antoninus/meditations.html
Use the links that are needed to thoughtfully respond to the questions; remember to cite properly.
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