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Political Science Questionnaire.
May 19, 2021.
Juan Carlos Barona.
1.- What were the 3 phases of the political organization of Rome?
The Monarchy, The Republic, and the Empire.
2.- Aristotle divides government into pure and impure forms, within the pure forms
from the government determines 'which ones we have' and develops each of them.
Monarchy: it is a form of State in which a group integrated into the State,
Generally, a family that represents a dynasty embodies the national identity of the country.
and its head, the monarch, performs the role of head of state.
Aristocracy: a political system suggested by Plato and Aristotle led by people
who stands out for his intellectual wisdom and for his high virtue and worldly experience.
Democracy: A political system that defends the sovereignty of the people and the rights of the people.
to choose and control their rulers.
3.- What are the main contributions of Cicero and Polybius in thought?
ancient politician?
Cicero: Promoted the foundation of the State and the strengthening of cities. Creation.
of laws for the nations. It established a universal State. It established civic education and
the use of reason.
Polybios: I believe in a mixed government and had a philosophy of humanism.
4.- List the most important characteristics of Greece in the socio-political field.
Economic organization in the agricultural sector.
Studies on Sparta and Athens.
Politics as an activity unique and exclusive to the Greeks.
First democratic government.
5.- What are the Socio-Political characteristics of Rome?
it was divided into social groups separated by wealth, rights, and prestige. The core
The backbone of Roman society was the family and the gens whose members
they were united by ties of blood and by political and religious bonds. The citizens
they were the foundation of Rome.
6.- What are the main political contributions of Aristotle?
Define monarchy as the government of a single person, the most virtuous and noble of the
city; the aristocracy as the government of a few (the most virtuous) and the
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the republic is like a mixture between an oligarchy (rule of the rich) and a democracy
(government of the poor).
7.- Indicate Socrates' most important work.
Socrates did not write any work, his thought is known through the writings of
Plato and Aristotle.
8.- Complete: The concept of politics derives from the Greek word...
City
9.- How was the government assumed in the monarchical institution of ancient Rome?
It was assumed as the government of the King, which was an institution of hereditary nature and
this position was for life.
It was divided into social classes: Patricians (royalty), Plebeians, and Slaves.
10.- In the early Middle Ages, 'Feudalism' emerged as a mode of production.
So what does feudalism consist of?
It is the term used to designate the political, economic, and social system which
divided the population into two large social groups: lords and vassals. These categories,
that were acquired almost exclusively by birth, determined all areas of the
life.
11.- What are the stages of political thought in the Middle Ages?
Medieval political thought is basically theoretical and abstract, disconnected from the
political circumstances of his time.
12.- How is the state politically organized in the Middle Ages?
In this medieval period, there was a weakening of the state, which loses power in almost its
totality, since if there existed the organization of the Monarchy, which was composed of
3 classes, the culés were: Upper class or plebeians, Lower class or the Plebs – Plebeians and The
slaves.
13.- Indicate the main ideas of the thought of Saint Thomas Aquinas.
Saint Thomas Aquinas bases his theory of political authority on the conception
Aristotelian view of the social nature of man. Social order is organized by a law.
positive obligation imposed by conscience for all citizens, is in accordance with the Eternal Law-
natural law and the divine Laws, expressed in the Holy Scriptures.
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14.- What is politics according to Rousseau?
Define politics as 'The activity that aims to regulate and coordinate life'
social through a function of order, defense, and justice to maintain progress and
cohesion of a certain social group
15.- In politics, 2 levels of analysis can be established, determine which ones are:
Lamicropolitics, related to interindividual relationships and macro politics, in which
There is no personal contact and they are generally mediated relationships.
16.- What is the Zoon Politikon according to Aristotle?
It is a political or civic animal, which refers to the human being, therefore, unlike
of the other animals, this one has the ability to relate politically, making the
creation of societies and organization of life such as towns or cities.
17.- What is Political Science?
It is a discipline that, within the framework of social sciences, aims to, through
scientific method, to transcend opinion and the description of political facts to
systematic knowledge. It is rigorous, explanatory, and potentially applicable, so
it is considered a social science that develops its field of study both in theory
as in practice from the description and analysis of systems and behaviors
individual politicians, of society and the State, and their levels of theorization are the
descriptive, explanatory, and interpretive
18.- What is the object of study of Political Science?
Its purpose is the study of the formation, acquisition, exercise, distribution, and acceptance of
public power. Public power is understood as that which allows for organization in a manner
autonomous and independent from a specific community, which in our time assumes
the form of what we call the State. Therefore, the main object of study of the
Political Science is the State
19.- What is the object of the theory of the state?
The study of its institutional, ethical, and legal conditions and limitations.
20.- What are the avenues of reflection of Renaissance political thought? And
determine its main exponents.
The idea of preserving freedom and justice as superior values of political life
was replaced by that of keeping the people in a state of security and peace and giving as
main exponent of "The Virtue" of the human being.
21.- Indicate in which "CENTURY" the Renaissance took place.
In the 15th century.
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22.- Why was it called the Renaissance? And in which country did this transformation begin?
It began in Italy and was called the Renaissance because it sought to recover greatness.
cultural of the Greco-Roman past, a time when the Italian peninsula was the center of
imperial power
23.- What is Machiavelli's most famous work? And why was he condemned to be
considered as a writer without moral conscience?
"The Prince" was his most well-known work, and he was condemned for discussing the art of gaining power.
of being able, under any circumstance and cost, he was also considered without conscience
moral for going against religion.
24.- In the political thought of the Enlightenment, Montesquieu shows his work 'The
Spirit of the Laws. Determine what is the most important aspect of this work.
His theory of the balance of powers will not only influence the drafters of the Constitution
French of 1791, but its influence can already be detected in the Constitution of the
United States of America in the year 1789
25.- Who is considered the main conservative thinker of the Enlightenment?
Hume, for his work 'A Treatise of Human Nature.'