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Lecturer(s)
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Konrádová Veronika, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Introduction. 2. Homer's conception of the soul, psyche and mental functions. 3. The concept of the soul in the Orphic-Pythagorean circle, reincarnation; the philosophical conception of the soul in the pre-Socratic tradition; the concept of the soul in Heraclitus. 4. Classical conception of the soul as a conscious centre of human personality in Plato: soul and body, soul and arete, care of the soul. 5. The internal structure of the soul and its image in the Republic (Resp. 439a-441c, 588b-590d). 6. The internal structure of the soul and its image in the Phaedrus (Phdr. 245c-246d, 253c-254e). 7. Soul and death, soul and immortality: arguments for the soul's immortality in the Phaedo, post-mortal destinies of the soul in eschatological myths in the Gorgias, the Phaedo and the Republic. 8. The soul in the cosmos, the world soul in the Timaeus and the Laws. 9. Aristotelian psychology: the structure of the soul in Nicomachean Ethics (Eth. Nic. 1102a-1103a; 1139a). 10. Soul and arete: character and intellectual virtues. 11. Definition of the soul in De Anima, the body-soul relationship: the soul as a form and entelecheia. 12. The activities of the soul (De an. III, 8-10). 13. Final summary.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The course provides a complex and profound insight into specific areas of philosophical thinking in antiquity. The course content is varied; the selected topics focus on a systematic interpretation of a specific philosophical issue and reflect contemporary Czech and international research. The work in the course is based on reading and interpreting primary texts and the study of relevant interpretations in the secondary literature. During the course, students present their papers based on selected interpretations from secondary sources. The current topic is "The Concept of the Soul in Antiquity". The course focuses on forming the concept of the soul in the literary and philosophical tradition from Homer to Aristotle. Primary attention is paid to the Platonic and Aristotelian conceptions. Here, the course discusses the ethical, ontological and cosmological context of the issue.
Learning outcomes: the student will gain the following professional knowledge: - can characterize specific philosophical problems and set them in a historical context - can read and interpret primary philosophical texts - can analyze and discuss the philosophical questions raised in the text - is familiar with professional secondary literature - combines the theory-based knowledge with the understanding gained by reading the texts
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Prerequisites
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none
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
To obtain credit: students work out a paper in written and orally presented form, using secondary academic literature (Czech or foreign language), alternatively an essay on a given topic using primary and secondary sources. 75% participation in seminars is required.
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Recommended literature
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Aristotelés. Etika Nikomachova. Praha, 1996.
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Aristotelés. O duši. Praha, 1996.
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Graeser, A. Řecká filosofie klasického období, Oikúmené, Praha. 2000.
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Chlup, R. Pojetí duše v náboženských tradicích světa. Praha, 2007.
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Jirsa, J. (ed.). Rozum, ctnosti a duše. Praha, 2010.
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Karfík, F. Duše a svět. Praha, 2007.
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Platón. Spisy I-V. Praha, 2003.
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Pokorný, M. (ed.). Hérakleitos z Efesu. Zkušenost a řeč. Praha, 2008.
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Ricken, F. Antická filosofie. Olomouc, 1999. ISBN 80-7182-092-X.
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Synek, S. Duše jako místo dění světa. Studie k pojetí (lidské) duše u Aristotela. Praha, 2014.
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Szlezák, T. A. Za co vděčí Evropa Řekům. O základech naší kultury v řecké antice. Praha, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7298-496-1.
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Špinka, Š. Duše a krása v dialogu Faidros. Praha, 2009.
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Špinka, Š. Duše a zlo v dialogu Faidón. Praha, 2009.
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Vernant, J.-P. (ed.). Řecký člověk a jeho svět. Praha, 2005. ISBN 80-7021-731-6.
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