HISTORY OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY - II

The course is counted among the formative activities of History of Philosophy of the degree in Philosophy. As such the course aims to provide a critical knowledge of the main philosophical topic and questions in their historical development and in their connections with other disciplines and fields of research (psychology, human sciences, educational science, art). Within this framework, the course aims to provide 1) a deep knowledge of the main authors, works and philosophical orientations of ancient though; 2) the capacity of contextualizing, analyzing and critically interpreting sources of different kinds (witnesses, fragments, dialogues and treatises, letters and sentences); 3) the lexical and conceptual tools necessary to the study of the history of ancient and medieval and to the acquisition of good communication skills .
More in particular, the course will focus on the study of Aristotle's Metaphysics .

At the end of the course students are expected :
1) to know and understand :
- the main questions concerning ancient ethical and political theories .
- the terminology appropriate to this field of study.
2) to apply their knowledge to the analysis of ancient texts; to discuss in a pertinent and argumentative way philosophical and exegetical questions;
3) to present the acquired contents of the course.

Students are expected to have attended History of Ancient Philosophy I

The teaching will focus on ethical and political theories of good, virtue and justice in the Greek world. The course will be divided into five parts, corresponding to the five weeks of lectures
1) The origins of the notion of justice in Homer, Hesiod and Solon and the development of the theme within Sophistics
2) Reading and commentary on texts from Gorgias and Antiphon
3) The Platonic notion of justice: introduction, reading and commentary on selected passages from the Gorgias and the Republic
4) Aristotle's ethical and political theory
5) The Ultimate Good, Virtue and Justice: Introduction, reading and commentary on selected passages from Books I, II and V of the Nicomachean Ethics.

G. Giorgini , Introduzione al Pensiero politico classico , Il Mulino
D. Zucca , Platone . Gorgia , Rusconi
M. Vegetti, Platone. Repubblica, Bur
C. Natali, Aristotele , Etica Nicomachea, Laterza

The exam will verify the knowledge of ethical and political theories of justice ( 5 open questions , up to 6 points per each); the capacity of discussing and arguing the topics dealt with during the course, of mastering the philosophical terminology; of contextualizing, analyzing and commenting the texts that have been read during the course.

Lectures;
Reading, commentary and discussion of some selected texts.

Italian

Materials will be available in Moodle.

Accessibility, Disability and Inclusion

Ca' Foscari abides by Italian Law (Law 17/1999; Law 170/2010) regarding support services and accommodation available to students with disabilities. This includes students with mobility, visual, hearing and other disabilities (Law 17/1999), and specific learning impairments (Law 170/2010). If you have a disability or impairment that requires accommodations (i.e., alternate testing, readers, note takers or interpreters) please contact the Disability and Acc
Accessibility Offices in Student Services: disabilita@unive.it.

oral

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