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rationalism
knowledge based on logical thought
Thomas Hobbes
Leviathan
Augustine
City of God
John Locke
Two Treatises on Civil Government
Plato
The Republic
Machiavelli
The Prince
political science
the study of who gets what, when, and how
fideism
knowledge based on faith
Mosaic Code
laws of the Jews
explanation and prediction
the goals of political science
anarchy
no laws or government
empiricism
knowledge based on the senses
Luke 20:25
"render unto Caesar . . ."
John Locke
consent of the governed
oligarchy
rule by a few
outputs
sanctions and symbols
Augustus
Roman emperor at the time of Christ
Aristotle
rule of laws and not of men
Who said that the goal of a nation is to gain as much power and prestige as possible?
Machiavelli
Who said that the purpose of the state is to control the evil nature of man and compel him to act morally?
Hobbes
Augustine said that the unique event of the birth of Jesus Christ showed that the history of man________________cyclical.
was not
Christian political thinkers added the concepts of __________ and _________ to the tradition of Western political thought:
justice; liberty
What are the two things that all organized groups have in common to govern themselves?
laws
leaders
Who said that the purpose of the state is to protect the rights of the individual?
Locke
Plato said that to correct the evils of government through rational thought was impossible.
false
We can be misled if we rely on a single means of knowledge.
true
Political science is the study of one part of man's culture.
true
Thomas Aquinas believed that the rule of human laws was more important than natural law.
false
Rationalism is accepting facts as knowledge because they fit like the pieces of a puzzle.
true
The goal of political science is:
explanation and prediction
Hobbes called the imaginary time in history when man lived without man-made laws or government:
the state of nature
A new tax on real estate is an example of a(n):
output
"The sky is blue" is a(n):
empirical statement
Epistemology is the study of:
how we know what we know
"God created the heavens and the earth" is a statement of:
faith knowledge
Who authored the earliest known written code of laws?
Hammurabi
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