SylabUZ
| Course name | History of the Ancient Philosophy |
| Course ID | 08.1-WH-UZ-F-HAPh-1 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Humanities |
| Field of study | WH - oferta ERASMUS / Philosophy |
| Education profile | - |
| Level of studies | First-cycle Erasmus programme |
| Beginning semester | winter term 2024/2025 |
| Semester | 2 |
| ECTS credits to win | 10 |
| Course type | obligatory |
| Teaching language | english |
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| The class form | Hours per semester (full-time) | Hours per week (full-time) | Hours per semester (part-time) | Hours per week (part-time) | Form of assignment |
| Lecture | 30 | 2 | - | - | Exam |
| Class | 30 | 2 | - | - | Credit with grade |
The classes are aimed towards analyzing the ideasof the ancient philosophers. In studying this historical development of philosophy some particular goals are accomplished: to acquaint students with Greek and Roman philosophical terminology, with the development of philosophical concepts and its stages, with bonds between philosophy and its cultural background, and with various interpretations of the ancient thought. The additonal aim consists in developing students’ ability of describing and comparing various philosophical systems.
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Lectures’ material comprises of the European philosophy from the beginning of the Greek thought to the philosophy of the late Hellenistic period, excluding the ancient Christian philosophy in the antiquity. The problems of ontology and philosophical anthropology are stressed as well as the issue of the mutual relations between various areas of philosophy (ontology, epistemology, philosophical anthropology and ethics). The lectures present the synthetic and general view of the matter, while the classes focus on analyzing particular philosophical texts.
various forms of lecture; various forms of text-based classes
| Outcome description | Outcome symbols | Methods of verification | The class form |
Classes: attending the classes, active participation in discussions, proving comprehence of the texts and the ability to structure arguments; written colloquia and the final test.
Lectures: oral exam.
Fragments of pre-Socratic philosophers, the Sophists; Plato: Apology, Phaedo, Republic (VII); Aristotle:
Nicomachean Ethics (I), Metaphysics (I, V), On the Soul (III); Epicurus, letters in: Diogenes Laertius, Lives
and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (X); Marcus Aurelius, Meditations; Seneca, On the Shortness of
Life; Plotinus, Enneads (selection).
Any general contemporary introduction to or outline of ancient philosophy, e.g.: A. Kenny, A New History of
Western Philosophy, vol. I, 2006. Further reading on the particular philosophers and ancient philosophical
currents will be provided during the semester.
Modified by dr Paweł Walczak, prof. UZ (last modification: 10-12-2024 13:18)
