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简介：ThiscourseisintendedasanintroductiontopoliticalphilosophyasseenthroughanexaminationofsomeofthemajortextsandthinkersoftheWesternpoliticaltradition.Threebroadthemesthatarecentraltounderstandingpoliticallifearefocusedupon:thepolisexperience(Plato,Aristotle),thesovereignstate(Machiavelli,Hobbes),constitutionalgovernment(Locke),anddemocracy(Rousseau,Tocqueville).Thewayinwhichdifferentpoliticalphilosophieshavegivenexpressiontovariousformsofpoliticalinstitutionsandourwaysoflifeareexaminedthroughoutthecourse.…