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Lecturer(s)
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Jirák Petr, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Jiráková Karolína, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Kočandrle Radim, Doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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The origins of philosophy. Mythos and logos. An investigation into the nature. Ionian and Italian branches of philosophy. Milesians. Pythagoreans, Xenophanes, Heraclitus, Parmenides and the Eleans. Empedocles and Anaxagoras. The Atomists. The Sophists and Socrates. Plato. Aristotle: logic, first philosophy, physics, ethics, politics. Hellenism: Stoicism, Epicureism, Scepticism. Neoplatonism.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Seminar classes, Lecture
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 43 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 35 hours per semester
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| Course requires no special prior knowledge and skills. |
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| Students will be competent to orientate themselves in the fundamental topics of the ancient philosophy. Thanks to the critical reading of the original sources they will be able to identify partial tendencies established during the history of the western thinking into the respective philosophical systems. This knowledge will provide them with understanding of the whole process of formation of the European philosophical discourse within its vast spectrum of influences, which is necessary for further study of philosophy. |
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| Combined exam |
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Recommended literature
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Armstrong, A. H. Filosofie pozdní antiky. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 2002.
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Graeser, Andreas. Řecká filosofie klasického období : sofisté, Sókratés a sokratikové, Platón a Aristotelés. Praha : Oikoymenh, 2000. ISBN 80-7298-019-X.
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Guthrie, W. K. C. A History of Greek Philosophy. 1-3. Cambridge, 1962.
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Hussey, Edward. Presokratici. [1. vyd.]. [Praha] : Rezek, 1997. ISBN 80-86027-07-4.
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Kahn, Charles H. Anaximander and the origins of Greek cosmology. Indianapolis : Hackett, 1994. ISBN 0-87220-255-0.
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Kirk, G. S.; Raven, J. E.; Schofield, Malcolm. Předsókratovští filosofové : kritické dějiny s vybranými texty. Vyd. 1. Praha : Oikoymenh, 2004. ISBN 80-7298-110-2.
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