POL200Y5 Lecture 1: POL200- september 16th, 2015
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Agenda: recap lecture 1 and expand on two points, the relationship b/w political theory and political science, some methodological considerations, the historical context to the emergence of political philosophy, how different was the ancient polis, sparta vs. athens. Is there a strict division of labour: not really, political scientists need to know political theory, and political theory needs to know political sciences in order to see success and present good ideas. Archaic period (750/700-480: lycurgus and solon, philosoph(cid:455)"s (cid:271)i(cid:396)th the presocratics, sparta the dominant city state (polis) Classical period (480-323 bc: socrates, plato, aristotle, peloponnesian war (431-404 bc) Lycurgus: spartan kind and law giver, circa 7th century bc. Solon: athenian statesman, circa 630 circa 560 bc. Inherits power after his brother polydectes dies. Lycargus rules as a guardian of a fatherless kind (charilaus) Travels abroad (crete and asia) to avoid suspicion that he intended to harm chariliaus. Sparta had multiple kings, not just one.
