LJMgrB07 The Classical Philosophy I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Katarina Petrovićová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Daniela Urbanová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 9:10–10:45 M24
Prerequisites
Basic ability to understand Latin and Greek philosophical text. Prerogative in signing into the course is reserved for the students of Master's Degree Programme.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
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Course objectives
The aim of the course of Classical Philosophy I is to make students competent to understand and interpret the backgrounds of Greek philosophy and its evolution from the beginnings in Miletos till the teaching and writing of Plato.
At the end of this course, students will not only have thorough information about the lives and works of illustrious philosophers of the period discussed, but will primarily understand and individually explicate evolution of philosophical thinking and provide the individual literal-critical analysis of the authors covered (genre classification, used expressions, metaphors).
Syllabus
  • 1. Beginnings of the Greek Philosophy, its relationship to the myth.
  • 2.-8. Pre-Socratic philosophy: a) Milesian School (Thales, Anaximandros, Anaximenes); b) Pythagorean School; c) Xenophanes and his critic of myth; d) Heraclitus, the "philosopher of the Darkness"; e) Eleatic School (Parmenides and his scholars); f) Plualist School (Empedocles, Anaxagoras); g) Atomist School (Leucippus, Democritus).
  • 9. Sophists and anthropological "revolution" in Greek philosophy.
  • 10. Socrates. Socratic schools.
  • 11. Plato: Life and work.
  • 12. Genre characteristics of pre-socratic philosophical works.
  • 13. Socratic or Platonic dialogue?
Literature
  • HÉSIODOS. Zpěvy železného věku (Zrození bohů, Práce a dny, Štít, Soutěž Homéra a Hésioda). Přeložila Julie Nováková. Praha: Svoboda, 1990. Prémie Antické knihovny. ISBN 80-205-0127-4. info
  • Zlomky předsokratovských myslitelů. Translated by Karel Svoboda. Vyd. 2. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1962, 200 s. URL info
  • PATOČKA, Jan. Nejstarší řecká filosofie : filosofie v předklasickém údobí před sofistikou a Sókratem : přednášky z antické filosofie. Vydání první. V Praze: Vyšehrad, 1996, 359 stran. ISBN 8070211954. info
  • KIRK, Geoffrey S. and John, E. RAVEN. Předsókratovští filozofové: Kritické dějiny s vybranými texty. 1st ed. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 1994. Dějiny filozofie, sv. 1. ISBN 80-7298-110-2. info
  • HUSSEY, Edward. Presokratici. Praha: Rezek, 1997, 213 s. ISBN 80-86027-07-4. info
  • PATOČKA, Jan. Sókratés :přednášky z antické filosofie. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1991, 158 s. ISBN 8004243830. info
  • GRAESER, Andreas. Řecká filosofie klasického období : sofisté, Sókratés a sokratikové, Platón a Aristotelés : Die Philosophie der Antike. 2, Sophistik und Sokratik; Plato bis Aristoteles (Orig.). Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2000, 445 s. ISBN 80-7298-019-X. info
  • Platónovy spisy [Oikoumené]. Praha: Oikoumené, 1996. info
  • PLATÓN. Platonis scripta Graeca omnia. ed. I. Bekker. Londinii, 1826. info
  • PATOČKA, Jan. Platon : přednášky z antické filosofie. 1. vyd. Praha: SPN, 1992, 379 s. info
  • VERNANT, Jean-Pierre. Počátky řeckého myšlení. Translated by Miloš Rejchrt. 2. opr. vyd. Praha: Oikoymenh, 1995, 87 s. ISBN 80-85241-45-5. info
Teaching methods
The course is provided as both lectures and seminars, however the class discussion is also a part of the lessons. Therefore, attendance and participation in the course (min. 75%) is required, as well as the regular home reading and preliminary analysing of covered philosophical texts.
Assessment methods
At the end of the course, final written exam in a form of a short essay on the topic assigned (student is required to write an essay as the answer to two of four given questions). The lecturer might insist also on oral examination apart from the written essay.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
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Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Jednou z podmínek udělení zápočtu je minimálně 75% účast (aktivní, tedy včetně domácích příprav) ve výuce.
The course is taught annually.
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