PH1104 History of Philosophy I - Antiquity

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
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
Tue 14:10–15:45 J21
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The students will meet the most important characters and problems of ancient philosophy in this lecture from Thales to Aristotle. In summer the lecture will continue as History of philosophy II - Ancient and Middle Ages.

After the completion of the course, students should be able to:
understand the basic problems; describe the thinking of the most important philosophers in the period from Thales to Aristotle.
Syllabus
  • 1. The origin of philosophy and its relationship to the myth.
  • 2. The Milesians.
  • 3. Pythagoras.
  • 4. Heraclitus.
  • 5. The Eleatics.
  • 6. Anaxagoras, Democritus.
  • 7. The Sophists and an anthropological inverse in philosophy.
  • 8. Socrates.
  • 9. Plato:
  • a) his life and works;
  • b) some philosophical questions.
  • 10. Aristotle:
  • a) his philosophical development and his relationship to Plato;
  • b) Aristotle's concept of the philosophical branches.
Literature
    required literature
  • Zlomky předsokratovských myslitelů. Translated by Karel Svoboda. Vyd. 2. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1962, 200 s. URL info
  • Aristotelés. Metafyzika. Praha : Rezek 2003.
    recommended literature
  • Kirk, G. S., Raven, J. E., Schofield, M. Předsókratovští filosofové. Praha : Oikoymenh 2004. 663 s. ISBN 80-7298-110-2.
  • Graeser, Andreas. Řecká filosofie klasického období. Praha: Oikoymenh 2000. 445 s. ISBN 80-7298-019-X.
  • RICKEN, Friedo. Antická filosofie [Ricken, 1999] : Philosophie der Antike (Orig.). Translated by David Mik. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Olomouc, 1999, 230 s. ISBN 80-7182-092-X. info
  • MACHOVEC, Dušan. Dějiny antické filozofie. 1. vyd. Jinočany: H a H, 1993, 187 s. ISBN 80-85467-62-3. info
  • MACHOVEC, Dušan. Aristotelovy názory o podstatě : příspěvek k filosoficko-historickému výkladu teorie podstaty. Vyd. 1. Praha: Universita Karlova, 1963, 86 s. info
Teaching methods
Lectures and on-line tests.
Assessment methods
Credits given for passing progress tests in the ELF (https://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf2/course/view.php?id=407, password DF-I-2012). In the tests you are obliged to gain at least 100 of 127 possible points.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Je součastí postupové zkoušky s předměty Dějiny filosofie II - antika, středověk a Ontologie I
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://www.phil.muni.cz/fil/antika/dfi/
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
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