POLITICAL IDEAS I

Partial 1:

Comment to Pericles Funeral Speech

“Do not pretend, my soul, the immortal life, but

endeavor to act as possible.”

Pindar, Pítica III, 61-6

Exercise

Write a commentary to the Pericles funeral speech from the Aristotelian concepts studied.

This comment must be an expository text with an introduction, development, conclusions and a

bibliography. Inside of the developing should:

1. Identify the objective of the text and its structure; historical context of its production; and the

positions that the author defends and rejects.

Establish the guiding principles of the community it describes, the type of citizen it seeks and

the characteristics it prioritizes, their relationships with tradition and institutions.

State the Aristotelian concepts of polis, politeia, polites, philía, character (êthos), excellence (areté),

vice and happiness and the relationships they have with each other. Show the similarities and

differences between the Aristotelian concepts studied and the ideas presented in the Pericles’

Funeral Speech ( compare points 2 and 3) How are the indicated concepts related within the

speech?

two.

3.

Four.

Required reading

• Thucydides (1990) Peloponnesian War II 34-46 “Funeral speech of Pericles.” Madrid: Gredos.

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Formal indications

• The text must have a maximum of 4 pages, letter size with the following formal instructions: 3

cm margins, times new roman or cambria font, size 12, single line spacing (1.0), justified

alignment. The bibliography can go on an additional page. Your name and surname and the title

of the text should appear in the header of your text. Nothing else (omit covers or logos). The file

should be named ” 1 IP Surname ”.

Evaluation criteria

• Your work will be evaluated according to work rubric exhibition and the instructions above.

Take into account the use of APA standards for citation and bibliography. Use as a guide the

document of the Javeriano Writing Center , which you can also find in the course files.