PH1216 Cosmological Aspects in Pre-Soctatic Philosophy

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2001
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 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
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 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. The combination of Heraclitus' teaching about progress and change with the Eleatics' teaching about the steadfastness (permanency) of Being.
Literature
  • Diels, H., Kranz, W., Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 6.vydání, Hildesheim 1985.
  • Mansfeld, J., Die Vorsokratiker I, II, Stuttgart 1989
  • 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)
Kurz proběhne formou přednášky, kolokvium proběhne ústní formou, bude vycházet z obsahu přednášek.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022.
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