UZLJB07 The Classical Philosophy I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Katarina Petrovićová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Antonín Bartoněk, DrSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Prerequisites
Basic ability to understand Latin and Greek philosophical text. Prerogative in signing into the course is reserved for the students of Master's Degree Programme.
Course Enrolment Limitations
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Course objectives
The aim of the course of Classical Philosophy I is to make students acquainted with the backgrounds of Greek philosophy and its evolution from the beginnings in Miletos till the teaching and writing of Plato.
At the end of this course, students will not only have information about the lives and works of illustrious philosophers of the period discussed, but will primarily understand evolution of philosophical thinking and provide the literal-critical analysis of the authors covered.
Syllabus
  • 1. Beginnings of the Greek Philosophy, its relationship to the myth.
  • 2.-8. Pre-Socratic philosophy: a) Milesian School (Thales, Anaximandros, Anaximenes); b) Pythagorean School; c) Xenophanes and his critic of myth; d) Heraclitus, the "philosopher of the Darkness"; e) Eleatic School (Parmenides and his scholars); f) Plualist School (Empedocles, Anaxagoras); g) Atomist School (Leucippus, Democritus).
  • 9. Sophists and anthropological "revolution" in Greek philosophy.
  • 10. Socrates. Socratic schools.
  • 11. Plato: Life and work.
  • 12. Genre characteristics of pre-socratic philosophical works.
  • 13. Socratic or Platonic dialogue?
Literature
  • HÉSIODOS. Zpěvy železného věku (Zrození bohů, Práce a dny, Štít, Soutěž Homéra a Hésioda). Přeložila Julie Nováková. Praha: Svoboda, 1990. Prémie Antické knihovny. ISBN 80-205-0127-4. info
  • Zlomky předsokratovských myslitelů. Translated by Karel Svoboda. Vyd. 2. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1962, 200 s. URL info
  • PATOČKA, Jan. Nejstarší řecká filosofie : filosofie v předklasickém údobí před sofistikou a Sókratem : přednášky z antické filosofie. Vydání první. V Praze: Vyšehrad, 1996, 359 stran. ISBN 8070211954. 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
  • HUSSEY, Edward. Presokratici. Praha: Rezek, 1997, 213 s. ISBN 80-86027-07-4. info
  • PATOČKA, Jan. Sókratés :přednášky z antické filosofie. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1991, 158 s. ISBN 8004243830. info
  • GRAESER, Andreas. Řecká filosofie klasického období : sofisté, Sókratés a sokratikové, Platón a Aristotelés : Die Philosophie der Antike. 2, Sophistik und Sokratik; Plato bis Aristoteles (Orig.). Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2000, 445 s. ISBN 80-7298-019-X. info
  • Platónovy spisy [Oikoumené]. Praha: Oikoumené, 1996. info
  • PLATÓN. Platonis scripta Graeca omnia. ed. I. Bekker. Londinii, 1826. info
  • PATOČKA, Jan. Platon : přednášky z antické filosofie. 1. vyd. Praha: SPN, 1992, 379 s. info
  • VERNANT, Jean-Pierre. Počátky řeckého myšlení. Translated by Miloš Rejchrt. 2. opr. vyd. Praha: Oikoymenh, 1995, 87 s. ISBN 80-85241-45-5. info
Assessment methods
Attendance and participation in the course (min. 75%). Semestral reading of covered philosophical texts. At the end of the course, final written exam in a form of a short essay on the topic assigned. The lecturer might insist also on oral examination apart from the written essay.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
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The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007.
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