steven787 on 24 December 2008
He didn't invent political science, he was just the first one to make up words to label what was going on.
The Egyptians and the Greeks had texts describing the reasoning and methodology for picking leaders. Hammurabi sparked discussion on the nature of legislation.
Philosophers like to compare what's happening with things that don't (philosopher kings and all that). Political scientists like to compare what's happening with what should have happened. I can do these comparisons all day.
My PoliSci classes are more case study oriented than theory.
I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it.
