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Paris: Classics of Social and Political Thought

The group stands together in front of the château. A resident dog joined them for the photo.

Program Term:

Autumn

Language Requirement:

None

Application Deadline:

Final:

Please note: Offered in alternating years. The next program will run in Autumn 2025.

What is justice? What makes a good society? What is the best form of government? What is the relation between a good citizen and a good human being? When are obedience, resistance, or revolt justified? What is the role of religion in politics?

The College’s Classics of Social and Political Thought in Paris program explores such fundamental questions through classic writings from Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas and from the works of the great founders and critics of modernity such as Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau.