Ancient philosophy

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Course ID:	4018-CW2
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.1 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0223) Philosophy and ethics The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Ancient philosophy
Name in Polish:	Filozofia starożytna
Organizational unit:	Faculty of "Artes Liberales"
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	elective courses
Short description:	An analysis of the canon of works by ancient philosophers.
Full description:	During one semester (30 hours) we’ll try to run before we walk in an attempt to reach the most important threads of ancient presocratic philosophy and become familiar with its basic texts, reading some of the few preserved passages of Heraclitus and Parmenides. We will also read rare works by Gorgias and Protagoras. We will stop at Plato and Aristotle, whose works we have in abundance. We will also spend some time among hellenistic philosophers – epicureics, stoics and sceptics and their Roman heirs. We’ll also go through the most eminent representative of neoplatonizm – Plotinus. During discussing further texts, we will focus on embedding them both in the philosophical tradition and Graeco-Roman cultural context.
Bibliography:	(in Polish) Większość tekstów będzie czytana we fragmentach. Niektóre nawet same z siebie są fragmentami. 1. Heraklit i Parmenides: wybór fragmentów 2. Protagoras i Gorgias: wybór fragmentów 3. Platon: Eutyfron, Arystofanes: Chmury 4. Platon: Politeia 5. Platon: Uczta 6. Platon: Kratylos 7. Arystoteles: Metafizyka 8. Arystoteles: Poetyka, Cyceron: O mówcy, Isokrates: wybór fragmentów 9. Arystoteles: Etyka nikomachejska 10. Arystoteles: Polityka 11. Epikur: List do Menoikeusa, Lukrecjusz: O naturze wszechrzeczy 12. Epiktet: Diatryby, Marek Aureliusz: Do siebie samego 13. Sekstus Empiryk: Zarysy Pirrońskie 14. Plotyn, Enneady
Learning outcomes:	Analysing philosophical texts, identifying the main problems, notions and issues in them. Rudimentary knowledge of ancient philosophy. Attendance (2 unexcused absences allowed – each subsequent one requires an oral test) and active participation. Preparing introductions and reports.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Active participation and an individual exam.

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