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European Intellectual History since the Renaissance HIST 216 Spring 2016 not offered Crosslisting: COL 332 Certificates: The Study of Education This class will examine some of the major texts in Western thought since the Renaissance. Emphasis will be placed on close reading and analysis of the texts. Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS HIST Course Format: Lecture / Discussion Grading Mode: Graded Level: UGRD Prerequisites: None Fulfills a Requirement for: None Major Readings: Machiavelli, THE PRINCE (Penguin Classics). Locke, THE SECOND TREATISE OF GOVERNMENT (Hackett). Vico, THE NEW SCIENCE (Cornell). Voltaire, CANDIDE (Penguin Classics). Wollstonecraft, A VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN (Penguin Classics). Kant, THE CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON (Cambridge), WHAT IS ENLIGHTENMENT, PERPETUAL PEACE (both are in Kant: Political Writings, Cambridge University Press), and GROUNDING FOR THE METAPHYSICS OF MORALS (Hackett). Darwin, THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE (Modern Library). Mill, ON LIBERTY (Penguin Classics). Examinations and Assignments: Weekly 2-page papers, three 5-page papers, and midterm and final exams. Additional Requirements and/or Comments: All students not in COL must take this class for a letter grade.

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