3. Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following words and word combinations:

to be traditionally concerned with the body of ideas ;

community ;

political obligation ;

to distort ;

to assert the supremacy of the state over the individual ;

to regard ;

an empirical investigation of facts ;

to evaluate the problems ;

seeking to maintain power ;

human desires ;

to be legitimately overthrown ;

sovereignty ;

to fail to do something ;

the abolition of property ;

according to one’s abilities ;

eventually disappear ;

several totalitarian states ;

to argue .

4. Find in the text English equivalents of the following words and phrases .Use them in sentences of your own and situations from the text:

зрештою зникнути ;

скинути на законних підставах ;

звертатися головним чином ;

політичне зобов'язання;

головна турбота (інтерес);

намагатись примирити;

володіти власністю;

спотворити доктрину;

вважати(сь);

стверджувати верховенство держави;

дослідження фактів, що базується на досвіді;

бути неспроможним виконати свої зобов'язання перед кимось;

класова експлуатація;

тема для суперечливих тлумачень(інтерпретацій);

скасування власності;

брати за потребами;

об'єднане християнство;

переконувати .

5. Read the following statements and decide which of them are true (t) or false (f):

John Locke called for legitimate overthrowing of the governments.

Political theory largely addresses the nature of the goals of political action.

Karl Marx argued that the state would eventually disappear.

Totalitarian states don’t exist any more in our time .

Thomas Aquinas defended the theory of evolution based on natural selection in his Summa Theologica.

Throughout history a central concern of political theorists has been the notion of the sociolinguistics.

Plato presented a theory of the state in his discourse Leviathan [lI'vaIqT(q)n] .

Aristotle argued in his 14th-century treatise, On Monarchy, for a united Christendom under emperor and pope.

6. Fill in the blanks with a suitable word in the correct form; largely; property; to evaluate; can; to inspire; to be regarded; according to Marx; to distort; to seek; subject .

Plato presented an idea of a community where …….……..would be owned in common and an aristocracy of philosopher-kings would rule.

Aristotle …… generally …………. as the founder of the scientific approach to political theory.

He transcended the traditional church-state debate by …………….. the problems and possibilities of governments …………. to maintain power.

John Locke argued that governments ……………. legitimately overthrown if they failed to meet their obligations to the people.

It …………………. many revolutionary and nationalist movements.

The state ………………………………..would eventually disappear.

Political writing dealt ………….. with the struggle for supremacy between the Roman Catholic church and the Holy Roman Empire.

His doctrines …………………… to assert the supremacy of the state over the individual.

In the 20th century Marxism was……… to conflicting interpretations.