V. PUBLIC AFFAIRS
(a) Plato, The Apology, in the "Dialogues," translated by Jowett, and by others: 1. The part played by Socrates in the public life of Athens. 2. What function Socrates could fulfil in American public life. (b) J.S. Mill, Civilization, in "Dissertations and Discussions," Vol. I: The ill effects of civilization, and how they may be overcome. (c) Henry George, The Persistence of Poverty amid Advancing Wealth, in Book V of "Progress and Poverty:" George's exposition of the problem tested by your own experience. (d) J.S. Mill, Of the Dangers to which Representative Government is Liable, in "Considerations on Representative Government:" The extent to which Mill's contentions apply to the United States. (e) Josiah Royce, Some American Problems, in "The Philosophy of Loyalty:" 1. The general solution proposed. 2. How this solution might be applied to some public or college problem you know of.