PHV227 History of Philosophy II: Seminar

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Josef Petrželka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Josef Petrželka, Ph.D.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 16:00–17:40 A11
Prerequisites
SOUHLAS
1. The participants of the course should be willing to discuss about the given ancient philosophical texts.
2. For the running of the course it is needed enrolment of students of the first class
The students of the higher classes which want to share their experiences and thus help the younger students are also welcome.
3. As well as the graduate students which like ancient and medieval philosophy.
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
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Course objectives
Systematic and deeper studium of sources for the course History of Philosophy II, discussion on problems and methods of the sources.
Learning outcomes
After the completion of the course, student should be able to:
- understand and explain main problems from the philosophy of late antiquity and from medieval philosophy;
- interpret chosen philosophical sources from these epochs.
Syllabus
  • Discussions on source texts to following topics according to progress of lectures in the course History of Philosophy II:
  • 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.
  • The source texts are available in the ELF.
Literature
    required literature
  • PETRŽELKA, Josef. Dějiny filosofie II. Elportál. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2010. ISSN 1802-128X. URL 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
  • TOMÁŠ AKVINSKÝ. Theologické summy svatého Tomáše Akvinského. Translated by Emilian Soukup. Olomouc: Edice Krystal, 1937, 1041 s. info
  • AUGUSTIN. Vyznání. Translated by Mikuláš Levý. V Kalichu 5. vyd. Praha: Kalich, 2006, 565 s. ISBN 8070170271. 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
    recommended literature
  • PETRŽELKA, Josef. Čítanka antických a středověkých filosofických textů. 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 170 stran. ISBN 9788021069022. URL info
Teaching methods
Reading of required texts and discussions about the studied texts in classes. On-line tests.
Assessment methods
1. Active participation in seminars.
In the case of only passive participation on a lesson you will obtain 1 p., when you will join to the discussion on the ground of your reading of the obligatory source you will obtain 2 p. You should collect at least 75% of possible points in order to gain credits.

2. Before every lesson you have to fulfill an autotest in the ELF, else you gain no point for this lesson. You have to gain at least 50 % of possible points from all the tests.

Alternate tasks for COMBINED STUDENTS:
If it is not possible for you to participate on lectures, you can still gain credits if you fulfill all on-line tasks for the full-time students and in addition you have to formulate 3 questions into the tests for every read text. More details about the questions in ELF.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: kombinovaná forma: 16 hodin/semestr.
Teacher's information
http://is.muni.cz/elportal/?id=901291
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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