PHILOSOPHICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2

This series of lectures will seek to highlight the philosophical dimension of the greatest poetic work in Western literature: the Divine Comedy by Dante. Dante's Commedia expresses in dramatic terms Thomist metaphysics, anthropology and ethics and, more generally, the rich classical tradition on which they draw (Aristotle, Augustine, Boethius, Dionysius, Avicenna, Albertus Magnus).

The basic objectives that the course pursues are:
(a) To train students in an integral - philosophically competent - reading of the great literature.
(b) To show the perennial relevance of the great themes of Thomist philosophy: divine creation, human freedom, unity and spirituality of the human being, ethics and aesthetics of the virtues.

No special prerequisites are required.

Title: Dante's Purgatory and Paradise: a philosophical reading.
1. Reading and analysis of the philosophical content of the main Cantos of Purgatorio, with particular insistence on Cantos: I, IV, XVII, XVIII, XXV.
2. Reading and analysis of the philosophical contents of the main Cantos of Paradise, with special insistence on Cantos: I, III, X, XVII, XXIX.

BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR THE EXAM
- Dante Alighieri, Commedia (any edition).
- Lecture notes by professor.
- Anthology of texts by Thomas Aquinas edited by professor.
Texts 2 and 3 will be provided by the professor during the course

1. For those who have the 12 cfu exam in their curriculum, there will be a single exam at the conclusion of the entire lecture series (60 hours). The examination may - at the student's request - be divided into two parts.
The examination will be conducted in oral form. Expected duration 45 minutes.
One question will deal with the texts of the first anthology, another with the texts of the second anthology; other questions will deal with the Dante text, others with the theoretical themes of the course.
Ability to answer by making relevant references to Dante's and Thomas' texts; lexical accuracy; argumentative coherence will be assessed.
In preparation for the exam, students will prepare a paper of about 5 pages, devoted to an in-depth study of a topic chosen by them and agreed upon with the professor. The exposition of the text will be part of the exam.

The course will based on head-on lectures, enhancing students’ contribution. Parallel to the course, a seminar will be held (by an assistant of the professor), which will guide the students throughout the reading and the comment of the main passages of the anthology.

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