PHBD2 History of Philosophy II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
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
Timetable
Tue 14:00–15:40 A11, except Tue 16. 4.
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 lecture continues the course History of Philosophy I and deals with the most important thinkers, streams and problems in the philosophy from the age of Hellenism to the High Middle Ages.
The aim is to show how the thought of late antiquity and the medieval thought is inspired by older systems - especially by that of Plato and that of Aristotle - and how these older systems are transformed.
Learning outcomes
After the completion of the course, students should be able to:
- explain the basic problems of philosophy of late antiquity and of the medieval philosophy;
- locate the thinkers of these epochs in the context of history of thinking;
- reproduce an account from source text for these epochs;
- explain the content of the source text;
- apply basic norms of scientific writing in own processing of text.
Syllabus
  • 1. Hellenistic philosophical schools.
  • 2. The Neo-Platonism.
  • 3. The Christian philosophy in antiquity.
  • 4. Between ancient and mediaval philosophy.
  • 5. An introduction to mediaval philosophy.
  • 6. Proofs of the existence of God.
  • 7. Peter Abaelard.
  • 8. The problem of universals.
  • 9. Thomas Aquinas.
Literature
    required literature
  • PETRŽELKA, Josef. Čítanka antických a středověkých filosofických textů (The reading-book of ancient and medieval philosophical texts). 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 172 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6902-2. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
    recommended literature
  • MARCUS AURELIUS, Antoninus. Hovory k sobě. Translated by Rudolf Kuthan. Ve Svobodě vydání I. Praha: Svoboda, 1969, 191 stran. info
  • DIOGENÉS LAERTIOS. Životy, názory a výroky proslulých filosofů. Vyd. 2. Pelhřimov: Nová tiskárna, 1995, 473 s. ISBN 80-901916-3-0. info
  • O klidu. Translated by Petr Rezek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Rezek, 1997, 195 s. ISBN 80-86027-06-6. info
  • BOËTHIUS, Anitius Manlius Torquatu. Filosofie utěšitelka. Translated by Josef Hrůša. Vyd. 1. V Olomouci: Votobia, 1995, 217 s. ISBN 80-7198-021-8. info
  • ANSELM, Saint. Proslogion (Obsaž.) : Fides quaerens intellectum. info
  • ABÉLARD, Pierre. Ano a ne. Translated by Irena Zachová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2008, 581 s. ISBN 9788070217917. info
  • SOUSEDÍK, Stanislav. Jsoucno a bytí :úvod do četby sv. Tomáše Akvinského. Vyd. 1. Praha: Křesťanská akademie, 1992, 107 s. ISBN 80-900615-8-3. info
  • PETRŽELKA, J. Dějiny filosofie II. Elportál [online]. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, vyd. 6. 10. 2010 [cit. 2010-10-06]. Dostupné z WWW: http://is.muni.cz/elportal/?id=901291. ISSN 1802-128X.
  • HEINZMANN, Richard. Středověká filosofie. Přeložil B. Horyna. 1st ed. Olomouc: Olomouc, 2000, 351 pp. ISBN 80-7182-105-5. info
  • Libera, Alain de. Středověká filosofie: La philosophie médiévale (Orig.). Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh 2001.
  • FLOSS, Pavel. Úvod do dějin středověkého myšlení. Vyd. 1. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 1994, 153 s. ISBN 8070673532. info
  • PIEPER, Josef. Scholastika : osobnosti a náměty středověké filosofie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1993, 146 s. ISBN 8070211318. info
  • Texty k studiu dějin středověké filosofie. Edited by Stanislav Sousedík. 1. vyd. Praha: Karlova univerzita, 1994, 176 s. ISBN 80-7066-877-6. info
  • PIEPER, Josef. Tomáš Akvinský : život a dílo. Translated by Martin Pokorný. Vyd. ve Vyšehradu 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1997, 159 s. ISBN 8070212241. info
  • KENNY, Anthony John Patrick. Tomáš Akvinský. Translated by Josef Hošek - Jiří Polívka - Stanislav Sousedík. Vyd. 1. Praha: Institut pro středoevropskou kulturu a politiku, 1993, 107 s. ISBN 80-85241-25-0. info
Teaching methods
Lectures. On-line study text, on-line tests. Description and demonstration of written work.
Assessment methods
The oral exam in the form of discussion about the content (and specifics of the professional text) of written essay. The details about the essay are announced in the e-course "Dějiny filozofie II" in ELF.


The key for entering the course in ELF is: 2024-DF_II


The exam will take about 15-20 minutes. It will start with your presentation of the content of your written work (5 minutes), then you will answer questions about the content and form of your work.

The final grade will take into account both the quality of the written work and the performance in the oral examination.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Studentům kombinovaného studijního programu je doporučeno zapsat si současně předmět PHV2302 Dějiny filozofie II: otázky a odpovědi.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: kombinovaná forma: 16 hodin/semestr.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
http://is.muni.cz/elportal/?id=901291
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2025.
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