UZPH0212 Ancient Neo-Platonism

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jakub Vojta, Ph.D. (lecturer), Hana Holmanová (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jan Zouhar, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Hana Holmanová
Timetable
Wed 16:40–18:15 C33
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
Course objectives
The seminary is aimed to introduce the final phase of Ancient thought, its relations with the earlier philosophies, and the influence into the latter development of philosophy. The participants will also inquire the modern secondary literature, as well as the works of the ancient authors (Plotinus, Porphyry, Iamblich, and Proklos). Proclus Diadochus will be studied more thoroughly.
Syllabus
  • Introduction (sources, literature, terminology) - Historical background - Forerunners of the Neo-platonism - Plotinus - Porphyry of Tyre - Iamblich - Iulianus the August - Proclus Diadochus - Proclus` Afterlife - Plato and the Neo-platonism
Literature
  • Filosofie pozdní antiky : od staré Akademie po Jana Eriugenu : The Cambridge history of later Greek and early medieval philosophy (Orig.). Edited by Arthur Hilary Armstrong. Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2002, 675 s. ISBN 80-7298-53-. info
  • HADOT, Pierre. Plótinos, čili, Prostota pohledu. 1. vyd. Praha: Oikoymenh, 1993, 97 s. ISBN 80-85241-55-2. info
  • Karfík, F.: Plótínova matefysika svobody, Oikúmené Praha 2003
  • PORFYRIOS. Život Pýthagorův [Porfyrios] (Obsaž.) : Pýthagoras ze Sámu. info
  • Iamblichos: O mysteriích egyptských (přel. Jar. Matoušek), Praha 1992
  • Iulianus Augustus: Hostina císařů (přel. V. Prach), 1948
  • Porfyrios: Úvod k Aristotelovým Kategoriím (přel. M. Mráz), in FČ XVIII/1970, pp. 971-987
  • PLÚTARCHOS. O delfském E. Translated by Radek Chlup. V Praze: Herrmann & synové, 1995, 219 s. info
  • PLÓTÍNOS. Sestry duše. Translated by Petr Rezek. Praha: Rezek, 1995, 165 s. ISBN 80-901796-3-0. info
  • PLÓTÍNOS. Věčnost, čas a duch. Translated by Petr Rezek. Praha: Rezek, 1995, 165 s. ISBN 80-901796-5-7. info
  • PLÓTÍNOS. Dvě pojednání o kráse. Translated by Petr Rezek. Praha: Rezek, 1994, 139 s. ISBN 80-901796-2-2. info
  • PORFYRIOS. Jeskyně nymf. Translated by Jaroslav Matoušek, Edited by Jaroslav Matoušek. V Olomouci: Per Agrum, 1993, 69 s. ISBN 80-901441-1-X. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007.
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