Ancient Philosophy Themes - 2nd semester
Code
711031071
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Filosofia
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
António de Castro Caeiro
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) to acquire a deeper knowledge of the most important figures in ancient philosophical thought and of some of their texts.
b) to acquire a deeper understanding of the specificity of ancient philosophy as a foundational moment in and the beginning of the philosophical tradition.
c) to acquire a deeper knowledge of the main lines of development of ancient philosophy.
d) to develop the ability to identify concepts, methodological and doctrinal positions in the context of ancient philosophy.
e) to Acquire a thorough knowledge of ancient philosophical terminology and its role in the genesis of philosophical terminology.
f ) To acquire the critical and independent reading skills of some fundamental philosophical texts of ancient philosophy.
g ) To develop the ability to identify connections between problems and concepts of ancient philosophy and current philosophical questions.
h ) To acquire the basic ability of problem research in Ancient Philosophy.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
Principles of Stoic Philosophy. The growing interest in Stoic philosophy led to the reformulation of von Arnim´s pioneering edition (Fragments of the Old Stoics) with editions in several contemporary languages. And vice versa: recent editions offer a comprehensive and detailed view of the Stoic production. What the course intends is to review the principles of the concept of philosophy and the specific problems that the old Stoics carried out, namely Zeno, Cleantes, Chrysippus and the reformulation of the school carried out by Poseidonius.
Bibliography
Boeri, M. D., & Salles, R. (2013). Los Filósofos estoicos: Ontología, Lógica, Física y Ética; traducción, comentario filosófico y edición anotada de los principales textos griegos y latinos. Sankt Augustin: Academia Verl.
Long, A. A. (2000). The hellenistic philosophers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Nickel, R. (2008). Stoa und Stoiker: griechisch - lateinisch - deutsch. Düsseldorf: Artemis & Winkler.
Teaching method
The syllabus resorts two main activities. In the first hour we will read, expose and explain the fundamental key concepts and the theoretical frameworks of the texts at stake. In the second hour we will be interpreting and analysing the texts with the students in order to promote a debate about alternative views, possible objections, argumentation and expression.
Evaluation method
The evaluation is individual, through one written test (70 %) in the end of the semester and one written paper (30%) discussed and supervised in tutorial monitoring.