PH1202 History of Philosophy II - Antiquity, Middle Ages

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Josef Petrželka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Josef Krob, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Hana Holmanová
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 14:10–15:45 U37
Prerequisites (in Czech)
PH1104 Antiquity - I || PROGRAM(N-SS) || PROGRAM(N-MA)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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:
understand the basic problems; describe the thinking of the most important philosophers in the period from Hellenism to Thomas Aquinas.
Syllabus
  • 1. Hellenistic philosophical schools.
  • 2. The Neo-Platonism.
  • 3. The Christian philosophy in antiquity.
  • 4. Between ancient and mediaval philosophy.
  • 5. An introduction to mediaval philosophy.
  • 6. Proofs of the existence of God.
  • 7. Peter Abaelard.
  • 8. The problem of universals.
  • 9. Thomas Aquinas.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • MARCUS AURELIUS, Antoninus. Hovory k sobě. Translated by Rudolf Kuthan. Ve Svobodě vydání I. Praha: Svoboda, 1969, 191 stran. info
  • DIOGENÉS LAERTIOS. Životy, názory a výroky proslulých filosofů. Vyd. 2. Pelhřimov: Nová tiskárna, 1995, 473 s. ISBN 80-901916-3-0. info
  • O klidu. Translated by Petr Rezek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Rezek, 1997, 195 s. ISBN 80-86027-06-6. info
  • BOËTHIUS, Anitius Manlius Torquatu. Filosofie utěšitelka. Translated by Josef Hrůša. Vyd. 1. V Olomouci: Votobia, 1995, 217 s. ISBN 80-7198-021-8. info
  • ANSELM, Saint. Proslogion (Obsaž.) : Fides quaerens intellectum. info
  • ABÉLARD, Pierre. Ano a ne. Translated by Irena Zachová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2008, 581 s. ISBN 9788070217917. 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
  • PETRŽELKA, J. Dějiny filosofie II. Elportál [online]. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, vyd. 6. 10. 2010 [cit. 2010-10-06]. Dostupné z WWW: http://is.muni.cz/elportal/?id=901291. ISSN 1802-128X.
  • 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
  • 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 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
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 (in the course with the same name).
The key for entering the course in ELF is: 2014-DF_II
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
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 about innovation of course.
This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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Teacher's information
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