History of Philosophy I

elementary

FK1_W02:

FK1_U02:

FK1_K02:

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:

Podręczniki:

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.

FK1_W02:

Understands the importance of other disciplines in the field of humanities for the development of classical philology; knows the interrelationships between these disciplines.

FK1_U02:

Can independently formulate a research problem in the field of classical philology, as well as select appropriate research methods and tools to solve it.

FK1_K02:

Can independently formulate a research problem in the field of classical philology, as well as select appropriate research methods and tools to solve it.

The main goal of the study of the history of ancient philosophy in the first semester is to acquire the most thorough knowledge of the philosophical culture of ancient Greece, from the birth of philosophy up to and including Socrates, as well as the ability to recognize the most important philosophical problems and motives living in the philosophy of the period in question. It is no less important that the student, through the study of the history of philosophy, understand the human and at the same time existential dimension of ancient philosophy, and above all, see it not as a set of ready solutions to all problems posed by man, but as a path to truth in all its dimensions ( also spiritual and moral) that everyone must discover and live individually. He should treat philosophy as a source of inspiration for his own existential development.

ECTS credits:

30 h - lecture - 1 point

30 h - preparation for the lecture (reading assigned readings) - 1 point

30 h - preparation for the exam - 1 point

30 h - preparation for the exam

Classes in the semester end with an exam. The exam covers material taught during the semester. The exam is in writing. In the 2020/21 academic year, due to the fact that the classes take place on the MS Teams and Moodle platforms, the credits (exam) will be held online on the Moodle platform. The exam will be in the form of a written work. The first part - obligatory for all students - is a test that checks a very general orientation in the history of philosophy within the scope given in the class. Passing the test entitles you to the maximum grade - a "sufficient plus". For a higher grade, students will receive a set of exam theses in due time, from which they will choose three theses, which they will develop in writing using the lectures and materials received on the Moodle platform. Students will send the work in the form of a file (Office) in response to a given task on the Moodle platform. Additionally - to increase the grade obtained from the examination paper - students will be able to send a paper on any topic from the material processed. This topic should be agreed with the teacher.

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