Ancient Philosophy
General data
Course ID: | 3800-FST23-M-OG |
Erasmus code / ISCED: |
08.1
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Course title: | Ancient Philosophy |
Name in Polish: | Filozofia starożytna |
Organizational unit: | Faculty of Philosophy |
Course groups: |
(in Polish) Przedmioty ogólnouniwersyteckie Wydziału Filozofii General university courses General university courses in the humanities |
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
2.00
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Language: | Polish |
Type of course: | elective monographs |
Prerequisites (description): | (in Polish) Zaliczone zajęcia z historii filozofii |
Short description: |
The course covers the history of ancient philosophy. The aim of the course is to present the history of ancient philosophy from the perspective of its key problems (e.g. the ancient concepts of philosophy, being, God, form, will, virtue, freedom, or nature). Moreover, the development and mutual influences of ancient schools of philosophy will be shown from the systematic perspective. |
Full description: |
The course focuses on a topic-oriented presentation of the history of philosophy, which allows the student to look from a new perspective at the way in which key problems of philosophy (ethical, ontological and cosmological problems, the relations of the soul and body, relations between thought, language and reality) and the most important philosophical concepts (such as philosophy, beauty, goodness, being, God, idea, will, intellect, virtue, creativity, nature, time) have been taken up in the period of ancient philosophy. The formation and interactions of philosophical schools in ancient philosophy will also be presented form the perspective of the topic-oriented approach. An important part of the course is to show the specific character of particular eras of ancient philosophy, especially the ones which are relatively less known, such as Hellenistic philosophy and the philosophy of late antiquity. |
Bibliography: |
(in Polish) Wybór z tekstów źródłowych: Autorzy starożytni analizowani we fragmentach: Homer, Hezjod, presokratycy, Platon, Arystoteles, Epikur, Lukrecjusz, Cyceron, Muzoniusz Rufus, Epiktet, Seneka, Marek Aureliusz, Simplikios, Porfiriusz, Plotyn, myśliciele arabscy. Sugerowana literatura przedmiotu: H. Arendt, Wola; Dembińska D., Człowiek odkrywa człowieka; E.R. Dodds, Grecy i irracjonalność; J. Domański, Scholastyczne i humanistyczne pojęcie filozofii; M. Erler, Homoiosis theoi and Epicurean Self-cultivation; M. Foucault, Sobąpisanie; M. Foucault, Hermeneutyka podmiotu; O. Gigon, Główne problemy filozofii starożytnej; P. Hadot, Filozofia jako ćwiczenie duchowe; P. Hadot, Czym jest filozofia starożytna?; P. Hadot, Twierdza wewnętrzna; W. Jaeger, Paideia; P. Laín Entralgo, The therapy of the word in classical antiquity; R.J. Newman, 'Cotidie meditare: Theory and Practice of the meditatio in Imperial Stoicism'; J. Sellars, Lekcje stoicyzmu M. Stróżyński; Filozofia jako terapia w pismach Marka Aureliusza, Plotyna i Augustyna |
Learning outcomes: |
Acquired knowledge: - the student knows and understands the historical character of the formation of philosophical ideas; - the student knows the general relationship between formation of philosophical ideas and the changes in culture and in society; - the student knows the methods of interpretation of the philosophical text; - the student has a comprehensive knowledge and an in-depth understanding of the role of philosophical reflection in development of culture; - the student knows philosophical terminology in Polish at a advanced level in a selected philosophical subdiscipline; - the student knows basic philosophical terminology in a selected foreign language; - the student comprehensively knows and thoroughly understands selected directions of research in the field of the history of ancient philosophy; - the student has a thorough knowledge of the research methods and argumentation strategies of the selected philosophical subdiscipline and a thorough knowledge of the methods of interpreting a philosophical text; - the student has in-depth and expanded knowledge of the complex nature of language and the historical variability of its meanings. Acquired skills: - the student correctly applies acquired philosophical terminology; - the student is able to describe the relationship between the formation of philosophical ideas and social and cultural processes; - the student constructs and reconstructs arguments from the perspective of various philosophical positions, taking into account the types of argumentation proper to each of them and recognizing the convergences and differences between them. Acquired social competences: - the student knows the scope of knowledge and skills he possesses, understands the need for continuous education and professional development; - the student is open to new ideas and ready to change opinions in the light of available data and arguments; - the student is aware of the importance of the European philosophical heritage for understanding social and cultural processes and is aware of the responsibility for its preservation; - the student is aware of the importance of humanist reflection for the existence of social connections. |
Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
oral final examination Permissible number of absences: 2 |
Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)
Time span: | 2023-10-01 - 2024-01-28 |
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Type of class: |
Monographic lecture, 30 hours, 10 places
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Coordinators: | Krzysztof Łapiński | |
Group instructors: | Krzysztof Łapiński | |
Students list: | (inaccessible to you) | |
Examination: |
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Monographic lecture - Grading |
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