Program Overview

Western Political Heritage 1

Course Description

Western civilization from Greek antiquity to Renaissance, primarily from the perspective of political philosophy and scriptures; exploring fundamental questions in human experience; examining formative events in history; understanding the value of important texts.

Course Details

• This course and any 202 course together fulfill Brigham Young University's core History of Civilization requirement.
• Course Outline:
  • Module 1: Education and Modern Society
  • Module 2: The Greeks and the Origins of Philosophy
  • Module 3: The Problem of Socrates
  • Module 4 Part I: Plato's Republic- The Problem of Justice
  • Module 5 Part II: Plato's Republic- The Problem of Justice
  • Module 6 Part I: Aristotle's Ethics and Politics
  • Module 7 Part II: Aristotle's Ethics and Politics
  • Module 8: Hellenistic Thought
  • Module 9: Rome
  • Module 10: Athens and Jerusalem
  • Module 11: Augustine's Two Cities
  • Module 12: Thomas Aquinas's Aristotelian Christianity
  • Module 13: The Modern Appropriation of Christian Universalism: Power without Purpose
  • Module 14: Reason, Agency, and Atonement

Instructor and Credits

• Instructor: Ralph Hancock
• Credit Hours: 3.00

Textbooks

• Equality By Default: An Essay On Modernity As Confinement by Philippe Beneton
• Saint Thomas Aquinas: The Story of the Dumb Ox by Mary Fabyan Windeatt (Author), Sr. Mary Jean Dorcy O.P. (Illustrator)
• The Republic of Plato by Allan Bloom (Translator), Adam Kirsch (Introduction)

Tuition

• $768.00 (plus textbooks)