Course objectives:
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The object of this course of lectures is to make students familiar with the philosophy of Plato. The course begins with the historical introduction followed by basic interpretation concepts of platonic studies in XXth. century. However, the central point is focus on main Plato´s conceptions as fundamental root of European philosophy, art and spiritual tradition, which still proves to be immortal inspiration for us. The lecture-course shortly goes through all of Plato´s "stages" and focuses on the most important dialogues.
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Requirements on student
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Student has to write a paper and defend its statements by an exam.
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Content
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Plato and Platonism. Traditional reading. Questions of chronology, periodization. Stylometry and computer analysis. Methods of interpreation: dogmatic reading, autonomy of the text; proleptic reading, retrogradual reading, dramatical reading, structural analysis, rhetorical reading. Henological prism. Early, tranzitive, rhetorical, middle, dialectical and late dialogues. Tübinger reading and unwriten doctrines.
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Activities
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Fields of study
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Studenti mají k dispozici oporu ve formě skupiny/týmu v rámci systému Microsoft Teams.
Studentům jsou dostupné všechny aktuální informace ke kurzu (termíny, materiály či odkazy na ně) na stránce předmětu v Courseware.
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Guarantors and lecturers
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Literature
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Recommended:
Guthrie W. K. C. A History of Greek Philosophy, Vol. I. Cambridge, 1962.
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Recommended:
Guthrie W. K. C. A History of Greek Philosophy, Vol. II. Cambridge, 1965.
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Recommended:
Guthrie W. K. C. A History of Greek Philosophy, Vol. III. Cambridge, 1969.
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Recommended:
Špinka Štěpán. Duše a krása v dialogu Faidros. Praha, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7298-390-2.
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Recommended:
Reale Giovanni. Platón. Praha, 2005. ISBN 80-86005-23-2.
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Recommended:
Paul Friedländer. Platon I. / II.. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin & Leipzig, 1930.
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Recommended:
Gernot Böhme. Platons theoretische Philosophie. J. B. Metzler Stuttgart & Weimar, 2000.
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On-line library catalogues
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Time requirements
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All forms of study
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Activities
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Time requirements for activity [h]
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Contact hours
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26
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Preparation for an examination (30-60)
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52
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Total
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78
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Prerequisites
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Knowledge - students are expected to possess the following knowledge before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
Course requires no special prior knowledge and skills. |
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Learning outcomes
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Knowledge - knowledge resulting from the course: |
Students are acquainted with the Plato's philosophy as a fundament of European thought. They are able to use current methods of interpretation and of course they have the insight to the problems of ancient heritage as a whole. |
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Assessment methods
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Knowledge - knowledge achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Combined exam |
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Teaching methods
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Knowledge - the following training methods are used to achieve the required knowledge: |
Lecture |
Textual studies |
Discussion |
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