PH01V003 Interpretive Seminar III

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Josef Petrželka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jakub Vojta, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jan Zouhar, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 16:40–18:15 A11 stara
Prerequisites (in Czech)
PH1101 Introduction to Philosophy || PH1214 Philosophy Proseminar
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The seminar will deal with the problem of eternity of world in ancient Platonic and Aristotelian thought. The following texts will be read and discussed in the seminar:
Plato - Timaeus, Aristotle - On the Heaven, Plutarch - On the Generation of the Soul in the Timaeus, Alcinous - The Handbook of Platonism, Proclus - On the Eternity of the World, Philoponus - On the Eternity of the World against Aristotle.
You have to prepare at home the passages we will read on the lesson. These passages will be translated as well as discussed. The texts prepared will be submitted in the ELF.

After the completion of the course, students should understand different ways of argumentation in the problem and to evaluate them critically.
Syllabus
  • 1. Reading of selected passages of Plato's Timaeus.
  • 2. Reading of selected passages of Aristotle's On the Heaven.
  • 3. Reading of selected passages of Plutarch's On the Generation of the Soul in the Timaeus.
  • 4. Reading of selected passages of Alcinous: The Handbook of Platonism.
  • 5. Reading of selected passages of Proclus: On the Eternity of the World.
  • 6. Reading of selected passages of Philoponus' On the Eternity of the World against Aristotle.
Literature
  • PLATÓN. Timaios ;Kritias. 3. opr. vyd. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2008, 127 s. ISBN 80-86005-07-0. info
  • DANEŠ, Jaroslav. O věčnosti světa : Jan Filoponos proti Aristotelovi. Edited by Ióannés Filoponos. Vyd. 1. Praha: Filosofia, 2006, 262 s. ISBN 8070072431. info
  • ARISTOTELÉS. O nebi ; O vzniku a zániku. Edited by Aristotelés. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Pravda, 1985, 275 s. info
Teaching methods
Working with the text in seminars, discussion, homework.
Assessment methods
The conditions for gaining credits are submitting of homework in time and active participation in lessons.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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