PHV127 Aristotle's "Second" Philosophy: An Introduction

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025

The course is not taught in Spring 2025

Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Josef Petrželka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Josef Petrželka, Ph.D.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! PH0244 Aristotle - "Second" Philosoph
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 aim of this lecture is to introduce the students to Aristotle's writings, especially to his natural (the "second") philosophy. Therefore, the main part of the lecture will deal with the content and importance of selected Aristotle's writings.
Learning outcomes
After the completion of the course, students should be able to:
- list main Aristotle's works on philosophy of nature; - locate this item in the context of Aristotle's system of knowledge; - describe content of a chosen Aristotle's text.
Syllabus
  • 1. The position of natural (the "second") philosophy in Aristotle's system of knowledge.
  • 2. Aristotle's natural philosophy.
  • a. "Physics"
  • b. "Cosmology"
  • c. "Meteorology"
  • d. "Psychology"
Literature
    recommended literature
  • GRAESER, Andreas. Řecká filosofie klasického období : sofisté, Sókratés a sokratikové, Platón a Aristotelés. Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2000, 445 s. ISBN 807298019X. info
  • ARISTOTELÉS. Fyzika. Translated by Antonín Kříž. 1. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Petr Rezek, 1996, 503 s. ISBN 80-86027-03-1. info
  • ARISTOTELÉS. O nebi ; O vzniku a zániku. Edited by Aristotelés. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Pravda, 1985, 275 s. info
  • ARISTOTELÉS. Člověk a příroda. Edited by Milan Mráz, Translated by Antonín Kříž. Praha: Svoboda, 1984. info
  • ARISTOTELÉS. O duši. Translated by Antonín Kříž. 3., rozš. vyd. Praha: Rezek, 1996, 301 s. ISBN 809017969X. info
  • PETRŽELKA, Josef and Richard POSPIECH. Proč Slunce svítí a hřeje? Aristotelovy potíže : překlad 7. kapitoly II. knihy spisu O nebi a komentář (Why does the sun shine and warm? Aristotle's difficulties : translation of the 7th chapter of the second nook of On the Heavens and Commentary). In Studia philosophica. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2021, p. 47-59. ISSN 1803-7445. URL info
  • PETRŽELKA, Josef. Platónova a Aristotelova teorie těžkého a lehkého, jejich zdroje a důsledky (Plato's and Aristotle's Conceptions of Heavy and Light, Their Sources and Consequences). Pro-Fil. Brno: Katedra Filozofie FF MU, 2013, roč. 14, č. 2, p. 2-18. ISSN 1212-9097. URL info
  • PETRŽELKA, Josef. Aithér a kvintesence - Aristotelovo dědictví (Ether and Quintessence - Aristotle´s Legacy). In Javorská, Andrea; Marchevský, Ondrej. Kultúra, civilizácia, normativita - dialóg a konflikty z pohľadu filozofie. Bratislava: Slovenské filozofické združenie pri SAV, 2017, p. 34-38. ISBN 978-80-970303-8-4. info
Teaching methods
Lectures and on-line presentations.
Assessment methods
The course will have the form of lecture. The oral exam will consist in a discussion about studied texts.
For the discussion the students have to study in detail one of Aristotle's works which will be dealt on lectures with. The students have to prepare a draft that can be used during the exam. Following the model of lecture, the students have to focus on:
a) summary of contents and description of its structure,
b) its position in the context of Aristotle´s thought,
c) methodological characteristics of Aristotle´s approach,
d) explication of interesting argumentative passages.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: kombinovaná forma: 16 hodin/semestr.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2023.
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