PH0216 Cosmology and Cosmogony in Pre-Socratic Thinking

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Josef Petrželka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Josef Krob, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Hana Holmanová
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 15:50–17:25 U36
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/100, only registered: 0/100, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/100
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
After the completion of the course students should be able to understand the oldest ancient conceptions of the origin and the form of the cosmos as a whole.
Syllabus
  • 1. The question of sources.
  • 2. Mythological cosmogonies.
  • 3. Cosmological ideas of Milesians.
  • 4. Pythagorean ideas about the Universe (the Cosmos).
  • 5. Heraclitus.
  • 6. The Eleatics.
  • 7. Posteleatics cosmologies.
  • a) Anaxagoras. b) Empedocles. c) Atomists.
  • 8. Plato.
  • 9. Aristotle.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Zlomky předsokratovských myslitelů. Translated by Karel Svoboda. Vyd. 2. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1962, 200 s. URL info
  • PLATÓN. Timaios ;Kritias. 3. opr. vyd. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2008, 127 s. ISBN 80-86005-07-0. info
  • ARISTOTELÉS. O nebi ; O vzniku a zániku. Edited by Aristotelés. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Pravda, 1985, 275 s. info
  • ARISTOTELÉS. Metafysika. Translated by Antonín Kříž. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Jan Laichter, 1946, 498 s. URL info
  • KIRK, Geoffrey S. and John, E. RAVEN. Předsókratovští filozofové: Kritické dějiny s vybranými texty. 1st ed. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 1994. Dějiny filozofie, sv. 1. ISBN 80-7298-110-2. info
  • Diels, H., Kranz, W., Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 6.vydání, Hildesheim 1985.
  • Mansfeld, J., Die Vorsokratiker I, II, Stuttgart 1989
Teaching methods
Lectures. On-line texts.
Assessment methods
Oral exam - discussion on cosmological and cosmogonical views of a selected ancient philosopher.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
Teacher's information
http://www.phil.muni.cz/fil/antika/kosmologie/
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2002, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2014.
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