HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY

Integrated educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2016/2017

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Master's Degree Programme in HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL SCIENCES

Language:

Italian

Moduls:

HISTORY OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY

6 credits
HISTORY OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY

6 credits

Credits:

Programme Year:

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

FIRST MODULE (History of Ancient Philosophy)
The student is supposed to have passed the first-cycle exam in the Historiy of Ancient Philosophy ("triennale"); alternatively, a basic knowledge of the history of ancient philosophy is required.

SECOND MODULE (History of Philosophy)
General knowedge of the history of philosophy and of the philosophical concepts in their historical and theoretical dimension.

AF code:

40001369

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

FIRST AND SECOND MODULE:
oral exam.

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

FIRST MODULE (History of Ancient Philosophy)
A deep knowledge of the texts to be read and commented during the classes; ability to critically read an ancient philosophical text, to put it in its historical and theoretical context through finding its conceptual connections and rationally reconstructing the arguments. Knowledge of the principal notions and theories of the ancient philosophy, especially of the authors whose texts will be read and commented in the classes. Ability to grasp the topics of the ancient philosophy with the respective contemporary debate through evaluating analogies and differences.

SECOND MODULE (History of Philosophy)
Specific knowledge of the philosophy of Michel Foucault, especially the one developed in the mid-seventies of the twentieth century; general knowledge of contemporary theories of the subject.

Contents

FIRST MODULE (History of Ancient Philosophy)
The course will concern the principal theories of friendship and love in the ancient philosophical thought. We will analitically read and comment the book VIII and IX of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, parts of Plato’s Lysis, Phaedrus, Symposium, Republic, as well as some relevant passages from Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura, Cicero’s Laelius or De Amicitia, Seneca’s Epistolae ad Lucilium. The aim of the course is that of comparatively and critically understanding some of the most relevant theory of friendship and love provided by the ancient philosophy.

SECOND MODULE (History of Philosophy)
Theory of the Subject and Critique of Power in the Philosophy of Michel Foucault.

Recommended Bibliography

FIRST MODULE (History of Ancient Philosophy)
Aristotele, Etica a Nicomaco, a cura di Carlo Natali, Laterza, Roma 1999
Platone, Liside, a cura di G. Reale, Bompiani, 2015
Platone, Simposio, a cura di M. Nucci, Einaudi, Torino
Platone, Fedro, a cura di P. Pucci, Laterza, Roma
Platone, Repubblica, a cura di F. Sartori, con introduzione di M. Vegetti, Laterza, Roma 2007
Cicerone, Laelius, a cura di F. Biddau, Ed. Barbera 2011
Seneca, Lettere a Lucilio, a cura di R. Marino, Ed. Barbera 2012
Lucrezio, La natura delle cose, a cura di I. Dionigi, ed. Rizzoli 1994
(the texts by Cicero, Lucretius and Seneca will be provided in photocopies or made accessible in PDF version. In any case, having the integral books is a good idea, even though we will not read them through during the course. The editions suggested are quite cheap though).

SECOND MODULE (History of Philosophy)
Attending students
Michel Foucault, The Will to Knowledge.

Non attending students:
Michel Foucault, The Will to Knowledge.
Michel Foucault, The Discourse of Language.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

FIRST MODULE (History of Ancient Philosophy)
The basic teaching method is the classical lecture in classroom. Interaction and participation with questions and critical remarks will be always invited and very welcome.

SECONDO MODULE (History of Philosophy)
Lecture and seminar

Contacts/More Information

FIRST MODULE (History of Ancient Philosophy):
I am always available for tutoring and providing explanations after the lectures or by appointement in my office. If any students want to use a foreing language during the examination, the allowed languages are: English, French, Spanish.

SECOND MODULE (History of Philosophy):
Readiness to offer individual assistance also in a foreign language to incoming students: German, English or French.

Availability of supporting material and bibliographic references also in a foreign language: An agreement with the students about a book-list in German, English or French is possible.

Readiness to accept examination of incoming students also in a foreign language: German, English or French

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