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On successful completion of the module, students should be able to:
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Point out the break in philosophical accounts of politics after Machiavelli while dealing with the question: is there any connection between morality and politics in Machiavelli?
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Identify the relevant philosophical contexts for Renaissance philosophy (e.g., Greek and Roman pagan philosophy; philosophical and theological works of the Church’s Fathers; scholastic philosophy; late scholastic schools), thus answering the question: what should we know in order to understand Renaissance philosophy in general and Machiavelli in particular?
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Identify the unique patterns of Machiavelli’s political discourse and the essential relations between historical and contemporary events.
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Distinguish rhetorical statements and philosophical arguments and focusing on the new approach to language, style and rhetoric in Machiavelli.
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Analyse the manner in which Machiavelli is using his sources.
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Apply the methods of critical reading of a philosophical text in the Renaissance to any other philosophical context, while paying attention to the relevant contexts and background, the relevant philosophical questions, the scholarly skills required for a competent reading, key terms and issues, style, genre, and rhetoric.
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