HISTORY OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY

The course is part of the more general framework of the history of philosophy and aims to study in depth authors, themes and problems of Greek and Roman thought. The course aims to study, in particular, from a historical and analytical perspective a specific theme, through the reading and commentary of one or more classical philosophical texts, in translation with the original text opposite, as well as to explain their relevance for the further developments of the philosophical thought.

By the end of the course, students should possess
1) a thorough knowledge of the author, the subject matter and the texts dealt with.
2) a technical and specific terminology.
2) the ability to apply the acquired knowledge to the critical study of philosophical texts; to discuss theoretical and exegetical issues and solutions in an argued and relevant manner;
3) the ability to expound and communicate comprehensively and effectively in oral and written form the contents learned.

Have a basic knowledge of the history of ancient, Hellenistic and late ancient philosophy acquired through the study of a good textbook (recommended F. Ferrari, La filosofia antica, Le Monnier Universitaria, Milano 2024). Having attended History of Philosophy sp. II

The teaching will be devoted to the study of Aristotle's philosophy with a particular focus on De Anima and Parva naturalia. After a general review of the main themes of Aristotle's Philosophy (division of knowledge, ontology, substance, matter and form, act and potentiality, nature and change), the main themes of the De Anima will be treated with some references to Parva Naturalia, namely: criticism to predecessors' tehories of the soul , in particular to Plato's theory, definition of the soul, the soul-body relation ; theory of perception and phantasia ( with a particular focus on memory and dreams)

G. Movia, (a cura di), Aristotele, L'Anima, BUR.
A. Carbone (a cura di), Aristotele, Parva naturalia, BUR
Altri testi saranno indicati a lezione

Preparation will be tested by
1) the presentation of one of the bibliographical studies (up to 3 points);
2) the writing of a paper (up to 10 points);
3) an examination interview in which, trough the discussion of the paper, the historical-philosophical comprehension of the themes addressed, the acquisition of a technical vocabulary; the logical-argumentative ability applied to the analysis of the texts will be ascertained (up to 20 points)

Lectures, seminars, conferences

Italian

Guidance will be given on how to organise a presentation and how to write a paper
Materials will be available in Moodle from the first day of class

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