History of Ancient Philosophy I

(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs)

(in Polish) Punkty ECTS:

30 godz. - wykład - 1 punkt

30 godz. - przygotowanie do egzaminu - 1 punkt

obligatory

(in Polish) nie dotyczy

Aims of the course: students are to acquire possibly profound knowledge of the ancient Greece’s philosophical culture, from the birth of the philosophy up to Socrates inclusive; as well as to possess the skill of recognising the most important philosophical issues and motives which were vivid in the philosophy of the period in question.

Factual content:

What the lectures on the history of the ancient philosophy aim at is to present major philosophical concepts propounded by Greek philosophers, as well as to show how those concepts came to mind, functioned and what they meant to the philosophers themselves and what they represented in the classical culture in general

Subject matter of the course: the Greek mind of the pre-philosophy epoch. Greek irrationalism and rationalism - national and irrational aspects of the Greek mentality (with respect to the world of gods and nature) and their response to the Greek philosophy. The Homeric and Hesiod’s vision of the world (national and irrational aspects of the Greek world view). Orphism and Orphic inspirations in the Greek philosophy. The rise of the Greek philosophy. Demythologisation and rationalisation of the Greek vision of the world and the Greek notion of divinity. Naturalistic current in the Greek philosophy. Thales. Anaximander, Anaximenes – discovery of the both divine and natural principle of the whole nature. Xenophanes and his criticism of the traditional Greek theology. Heraclides of Ephesus and his philosophy of Logos; Pythagoreanism (Orphic ideas in Pythagoreanism, Pythagorean astronomy and metaphysics, the discovery of a mathematical character of the reality, struggle and harmony of antitheses, Pythagorean morality). Parmenides and his metaphysical idea of unchanging existence. Empedocles – a vision of the world as a coupling of love and hate – love being a real base of a rational order of the world. Anaxagoras and his idea of god as a mind. Democritus of Abdera and his attempt to overcome Parmenides’ aporia (atomism, ethics). Greek Sophists – general characteristic of the Greek sophistry and its most important representatives. Developments of the Greek sophistry. The sophistic model of culture and sophistic educational concepts. The idea of a natural instinct and natural morality. Socrates – the uniqueness and educational mission of Socrates, ethical intellectualism and Socrates’ maieutic. Socratic concept of morality. Minor Socratists: Antisthenes and cynism (Cynics’ appeal for liberation); Aristippus of Cyrene and Cyreneans (Cyreneans’ hedonism).

Literatura obowiązkowa:

Diogenes Laertios, Źywoty i poglądy słynnych filozofów, dowolne wydanie

K. Leśniak, Materialiści greccy w epoce przedsokratycznej - teksty źródłowe, Warszawa1972.

J. Gajda, Sofiści - teksty źródłowe, Warszawa 1989.

I. Krońska, Sokrates - teksty źródłowe, Warszawa 1983.

Zalecany podręcznik:

G. Reale, Historia filozofii starożytnej, Lublin 1993 – 2002.

Literatura dodatkowa:

Kirk, Raven, Schofield, Filozofia przedsokratejska, Warszawa Poznań 1999.

G. Colli, Narodziny filozofii, Warszawa-Kraków 1991.

J. Gajda, Sofiści, Warszawa 1998.

P. Hadot, Filozofia jako ćwiczenie duchowe, Warszawa1992.

P. Hadot, Czym jest filozofia starożytna, Warszawa 2000.

W. Jaeger, Paidea, Warszaw 2001.

A. Krokiewicz, Sokrates, Warszawa 1983.

A. Krokiewicz, Zarys filozofii greckiej. Od Talesa do Platona, Warszawa 1971.

I. Krońska, Sokrates, Warszawa 1958.

K. Leśniak, Materialiści greccy w epoce przed-sokratejskiej, Warszawa 1972.

(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs)

ECTS credits:

15 h - lecture - 1 point

30 h - preparation for the exam - 1 point

obligatory

(in Polish) nie dotyczy

Aims of the course: students are to acquire possibly profound knowledge of the ancient Greece’s philosophical culture, from the birth of the philosophy up to Socrates inclusive; as well as to possess the skill of recognising the most important philosophical issues and motives which were vivid in the philosophy of the period in question.

What the lectures on the history of the ancient philosophy aim at is to present major philosophical concepts propounded by Greek philosophers, as well as to show how those concepts came to mind, functioned and what they meant to the philosophers themselves and what they represented in the classical culture in general

Subject matter of the course: the Greek mind of the pre-philosophy epoch. Greek irrationalism and rationalism - national and irrational aspects of the Greek mentality (with respect to the world of gods and nature) and their response to the Greek philosophy. The Homeric and Hesiod’s vision of the world (national and irrational aspects of the Greek world view). Orphism and Orphic inspirations in the Greek philosophy. The rise of the Greek philosophy. Demythologisation and rationalisation of the Greek vision of the world and the Greek notion of divinity. Naturalistic current in the Greek philosophy. Thales. Anaximander, Anaximenes – discovery of the both divine and natural principle of the whole nature. Xenophanes and his criticism of the traditional Greek theology. Heraclides of Ephesus and his philosophy of Logos; Pythagoreanism (Orphic ideas in Pythagoreanism, Pythagorean astronomy and metaphysics, the discovery of a mathematical character of the reality, struggle and harmony of antitheses, Pythagorean morality). Parmenides and his metaphysical idea of unchanging existence. Empedocles – a vision of the world as a coupling of love and hate – love being a real base of a rational order of the world. Anaxagoras and his idea of god as a mind. Democritus of Abdera and his attempt to overcome Parmenides’ aporia (atomism, ethics). Greek Sophists – general characteristic of the Greek sophistry and its most important representatives. Developments of the Greek sophistry. The sophistic model of culture and sophistic educational concepts. The idea of a natural instinct and natural morality. Socrates – the uniqueness and educational mission of Socrates, ethical intellectualism and Socrates’ maieutic. Socratic concept of morality. Minor Socratists: Antisthenes and cynism (Cynics’ appeal for liberation); Aristippus of Cyrene and Cyreneans (Cyreneans’ hedonism).

G. Reale, Historia filozofii starożytnej, Lublin 1993 – 2002.

Kirk, Raven, Schofield, Filozofia przedsokratejska, Warszawa Poznań 1999.

G. Colli, Narodziny filozofii, Warszawa-Kraków 1991.

J. Gajda, Sofiści, Warszawa 1998.

P. Hadot, Filozofia jako ćwiczenie duchowe, Warszawa1992.

P. Hadot, Czym jest filozofia starożytna, Warszawa 2000.

W. Jaeger, Paidea, Warszaw 2001.

A. Krokiewicz, Sokrates, Warszawa 1983.

A. Krokiewicz, Zarys filozofii greckiej. Od Talesa do Platona, Warszawa 1971.

I. Krońska, Sokrates, Warszawa 1958.

K. Leśniak, Materialiści greccy w epoce przed-sokratejskiej, Warszawa 1972.