FF:PHK1202 Antiquity, Middle Ages - II - Course Information

PHK1202 History of Philosophy II - Antiquity, Middle Ages

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

PhDr. Josef Petrželka, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Jan Zouhar, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Fri 26. 2. 13:20–14:55 B11, Fri 26. 3. 13:20–14:55 B11, Fri 30. 4. 13:20–14:55 B11, Fri 21. 5. 13:20–14:55 B11

Prerequisites (in Czech)

PHK1104 Antiquity - I

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Philosophy (programme FF, B-PH)

Course objectives

The lecture continues the course History of Philosophy I and deals with the most important thinkers, streams and problems in the philosophy from the age of Hellenism to the High Middle Ages.

After the completion of the course, students should be able to:
understant the basic problems; describe the thinking of the most important philosophers in the period from Hellenism to Thomas Aquinas.

Syllabus

• 1. Hellenistic philosophical schools:
• a) Scepticism,
• b) Epicureanism,
• c) Stoicism.
• 2. The end of Greek philosophy - the Neo-Platonists.
• 2. The formation of the Christian thought - the Apologists and Church fathers.
• 3. The philosophy at the end of Antiquity and transformation of Greek thought heritage into the Middle Ages (Augustine, Boëthius...).
• 4. Main questions of medieval philosophy:
• a) the relation of God and world,
• b) the relation between theology and philosophy,
• c) the problem of universals,
• d) the proofs of the existence of God.
• 5. The main features of medieval philosophy (Anselm, Abelard, Thomas Aquinas).

Literature

• HEINZMANN, Richard. Středověká filosofie. Přeložil B. Horyna. 1st ed. Olomouc: Olomouc, 2000, 351 pp. ISBN 80-7182-105-5. info
• Libera, Alain de. Středověká filosofie: La philosophie médiévale (Orig.). Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh 2001.
• FLOSS, Pavel. Úvod do dějin středověkého myšlení. Vyd. 1. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 1994, 153 s. ISBN 8070673532. info
• PIEPER, Josef. Scholastika : osobnosti a náměty středověké filosofie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1993, 146 s. ISBN 8070211318. info
• Texty k studiu dějin středověké filosofie. Edited by Stanislav Sousedík. 1. vyd. Praha: Karlova univerzita, 1994, 176 s. ISBN 80-7066-877-6. info
• SOUSEDÍK, Stanislav. Jsoucno a bytí :úvod do četby sv. Tomáše Akvinského. Vyd. 1. Praha: Křesťanská akademie, 1992, 107 s. ISBN 80-900615-8-3. info
• KENNY, Anthony John Patrick. Tomáš Akvinský. Translated by Josef Hošek - Jiří Polívka - Stanislav Sousedík. Vyd. 1. Praha: Institut pro středoevropskou kulturu a politiku, 1993, 107 s. ISBN 80-85241-25-0. info
• PIEPER, Josef. Tomáš Akvinský : život a dílo. Translated by Martin Pokorný. Vyd. ve Vyšehradu 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1997, 159 s. ISBN 8070212241. info
• KENNY, Anthony. Tomáš o lidském duchu : Aquinas on mind (Orig.). Translated by Karel Šprunk - Stanislav Sousedík. Vyd. 1. Praha: Krystal OP, 1997, 151 s. ISBN 80-85929-18-X. info
• SOUSEDÍK, Stanislav. Jan Duns Scotus : doctor subtilis a jeho čeští žáci. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1989, 341 s. URL info

Teaching methods

Lectures. On-line discussions.

Assessment methods

The condition for the gain of the credit is the participation in discussion forums in e-learning system ELF. Details are given in the system.
The key for entering the course in ELF is: DF_II_2010

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Information on completion of the course: Je součastí postupové zkoušky s předměty Dějiny filosofie I - antika a Ontologie I
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: celkem 14 hod. konzultací.

Teacher's information

http://www.phil.muni.cz/fil/antika/dfii

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