Reception of ancient philosophy in European intellectual culture

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Course ID:	4018-KONW22
Erasmus code / ISCED:	09.2 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. / (0231) Language acquisition The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Reception of ancient philosophy in European intellectual culture
Name in Polish:	Recepcja filozofii antycznej w kulturze umysłowej Europy
Organizational unit:	Faculty of "Artes Liberales"
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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:	obligatory courses
Prerequisites (description):	A completed course in the history of ancient philosophy. Basic skills in understanding a philosophical text, asking questions, and constructing/writing an essay.
Short description:	Tracing themes from ancient philosophy in different areas of modern culture.
Full description:	Analysing examples of texts from the modern and contemporary period in which a major role is played by the attitude (critical or affirmative) towards ancient philosophy. Uncovering the way in which ancient philosophy exists in subsequent thinking. Drawing attention to the context in which ancient themes appear, the role ascribed to them, and their importance for the self-awareness of the modern and contemporary periods. 1. The ancient and modern concept of knowledge. 2. What is nature and how does a society come into being? 3. What is democracy? 4. Greek ethics vs. modernity. 5. The birth and decline of Greekness – literature vs. philosophy in Greece. 6. The Greek subject and his freedom. 7. Greek sources of the theory of events. 8. Athens and Jerusalem.
Bibliography:	H. Arendt, Kondycja ludzka; Arystoteles, Polityka, Etyka nikomachejska; G.W.F. Hegel, Fenomenologia ducha; T. Hobbes, Lewiatan; J.J. Rousseau, List o widowiskach; Platon, Państwo, Uczta; J. Rawls, Teoria sprawiedliwości; Sekstus Empiryk, Zarysy pirrońskie; Kartezjusz, Rozprawa o metodzie;I. Kant, Uzasadnienie metafizyki moralności, Krytyka władzy sądzenia; A. MacIntyre, Dziedzictwo cnoty; H.-G. Gadamer, Prawda i metoda
Learning outcomes:	Attendance, active participation. Preparing introductions and minutes.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	The final credit will be based on a yearly paper (minimum 8 pages). Other factors include active participation in classes and regular reading of the required texts.

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