ESA280 The Idea of Beauty in Plato

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 4 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Mgr. Martin Cajthaml, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Ivana Vašinová
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The main objectives of the course are the following: making students understand Platos conception of beauty as the highest idea; making students understand the essential link between Platos philosophical theory of love and his account of beauty as the highest idea; giving students basic understanding of Platos theory of ideas and of his protology, i.e. which is the subjct of his so called "unwritten doctrines"; giving students a basic knolwdge of the Symposium, the Phaedrus, the Lysis and the Ion Students will acquire the ability to: read and understand Platos dialogues on beauty and love; explain the basics of Platos metaphysics, aethetics, philosophical anthropology, ethics and epistemology; explain basic hermeneutical approaches to Platos philosophy
Syllabus
  • - exposition of Plato`s "second voyage", i.e. of his theory of Ideas and of first Principles (Phaedo, 96a-102a)
  • - specificity of the Idea of Beauty in respect to other Ideas (Symposium, 198a-212a, Phaedrus, 246a-257b)
  • - connections between Greek art and Plato`s theory of Ideas and first Principles (G. Reale, Toward a new Interpretation of Plato, ch. 10, apendix to ch. 10)
Literature
  • PLATÓN. Faidón. Translated by František Novotný. 6., opr. vyd. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2005, 107 s. ISBN 8072981587. info
  • REALE, Giovanni. Platón : pokus o novou interpretaci velkých Platónových dialogů ve světle nepsaných nauk. Translated by Martin Cajthaml. Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2005, 699 s. ISBN 8086005232. info
  • PLATÓN. Theagés ; Charmidés ; Lachés ; Lysis ; Euthydémos ; Prótagoras ; Gorgias ; Menón ; Hippias Větší ; Hippias Menší ; Ión ; Menexenos. Edited by Platón, Translated by František Novotný. Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2003, 540 s. ISBN 8072980661. info
  • PLATÓN. Faidros. 4. opr. vyd. Praha: ISE, 1993, 85 s. ISBN 80-85241-33-1. info
  • PLATÓN. Symposion. Translated by František Novotný. 3., opr. vyd. Praha: Institut pro stedoevropskou kulturu a politiku, 1993, 80 s. ISBN 80-85241-31-5. info
Assessment methods
written text and oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Obecné podmínky ukončování kursů Semináře estetiky
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Spring 2013.
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