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HIST216
European Intellectual History Since the Renaissance
HIST216 SP
Not Currently Offered
The second of a two-semester survey in European Intellectual
History. The spring semester will examine some of the major
texts in Western thought since the Renaissance. Emphasis
will be placed on the historical and cultural contexts of
the texts and the thinkers.
MAJOR READINGS
Selected readings by the following:
Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Hegel, Hume, Kant, Burke, Paine,
Godwin, Wollstonecraft, Mandeville, Smith, Malthus,
Beccaria, Bentham, James and John Stuart Mill.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Reading notes twice a week;
three papers; midterm and final examinations.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
All students NOT in
COL must take this course for a letter grade.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting
or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the
first class, they will be dropped from the class list.
NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form
to the Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Lecture Discussion
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS HIST
Prerequisites:
None
Last Updated on MAR-22-1999
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