Machiavelli on Rome as a Model of a Republic

For this assignment, students are required to use primary sources whenever possible. Primary sources are editions of the works of the philosopher(s) and/or school of thought whose name is included in the topic. Editions of their works, in full or in part, are available freely on the internet. Students are also required to use at least two secondary sources, i.e. commentaries or other scholarly publications, whether books or articles, on their chosen topic. Many articles are freely available on the internet, as well as some older books that are now in the public domain. Most, however, are not available in this way, and in some cases, for some topics, to meet the requirement for this assignment, the use of the services of a public university will be necessary. For students who do not have ready access to the library of a public university, this might limit their choice of a topic.

This essay must be at least 4500 words long including the introduction, body and conclusion, but not the bibliography, though a bibliography must be appended, which lists all of the books and articles used, quoted or simply consulted for this assignment. The introduction must include a general presentation of the topic as well as an overview of the essay. If relevant, there should also be an indication of what is not covered in the essay, though relevant to the topic. The body of the paper may or may not be divided into parts. If the essay is longer than the minimum required length and has several parts, it might be a good idea to insert a table of contents after the cover page. In any event, all pages except for the cover page and the table of contents should be numbered. A conclusion should also be included in which one typically recapitulates the main ideas developed in the essay. Students should consider rounding out the conclusion by offering some thoughts on the reception throughout the ages of the works discussed in the paper or on their relevance today.

The object of this paper is to reproduce or re-construct the argument of a classical political philosopher on a given topic. The student should use his or her own words as much as possible. If the words, other than the common words, used are taken verbatim from primary or secondary sources, then they must appear in quotation marks, and a reference must follow. Since the essay reproduces an argument, references are of crucial importance, since they act as evidence in a scholarly work. References to the primary or secondary sources should be included at the end of a sentence in parenthesis and should include the name of the author followed by the year of publication in parenthesis, followed by a comma and the page of the work one is referring to. This last indication is essential too, for obvious reasons. The key to this reference system will be found in the bibliography you must produce, which will be placed at the end of your paper. Please refer to indications provided for the previous assignment with regard to the requirements for the full bibliographical reference to appear, in alphabetical order, in your bibliography. This referencing system makes endnotes obsolete. As for footnotes, they may be included, but only if they contain a thought that you consider important to include, but that would break the flow of your text if it were included in the body of the text rather than in a footnote.

The essay will be assessed for the most part (60%) on the student’s ability to identify and reconstruct a classical philosopher’s the main argument on a given topic and to articulate in a personal way, and yet intelligently and accurately, while being able to support by accurate references the reconstruction of the argument every step of the way. 10% of the mark is based on grammar and spelling. Faulty referencing could lead to deductions amounting to a maximum of 25%. Failure to meet other technical requirements such as page numbering might trigger another deduction of up to 5%.

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