PH0216 Cosmology and Cosmogony in Pre-Socratic Thinking

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2006
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Josef Petrželka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jan Zouhar, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Hana Holmanová
Timetable
Thu 13:20–14:55 zruseno D51
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).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The lecture will deal with the Pre-Socratic philosophy. First of all it will talk about the ideas about the origin and development of the Universe. We will study mainly the fragments of Pre-Socratics and we will discuss their various interpretations. The students will meet also the methodology of the work with these fragments.
Syllabus
  • 1. The question of founts.

    2. Mythological cosmogonies.

    3. Cosmological ideas of Milesians.

    4. Pythagorean ideas about the Universe (the Cosmos).

    5. Heraclitus.

    6. The Eleatics.

    7. Cosmology of younger physics.

    a) Anaxagoras. b) Empedocles. c) Atomists.
Literature
  • Mansfeld, J., Die Vorsokratiker I, II, Stuttgart 1989
  • Diels, H., Kranz, W., Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 6.vydání, Hildesheim 1985.
  • HUSSEY, Edward. Presokratici. Praha: Rezek, 1997, 213 s. ISBN 80-86027-07-4. 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
  • BOUZEK, Jan and Zdeněk KRATOCHVÍL. Řeč umění a archaické filosofie. V Praze: Herrmann & synové, 1995, 255 s. info
  • BOUZEK, Jan and Zdeněk KRATOCHVÍL. Od mýtu k logu. V Praze: Herrmann & synové, 1994, 175 s. info
  • Zlomky předsokratovských myslitelů. Translated by Karel Svoboda. Vyd. 2. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1962, 200 s. URL info
  • ARISTOTELÉS. Metafysika. Translated by Antonín Kříž. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Jan Laichter, 1946, 498 s. URL info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Kolokvium bude pojato jako rozprava o kosmologických a kosmogonických názorech vybraného předsókratovského myslitele.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2002, Spring 2007, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Autumn 2017.
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