GLOSSARY OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
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- Academic year
- 2015/2016
- Teacher
- ALBERTO JORI
- Credits
- 6
- Didactic period
- Secondo Semestre
- SSD
- M-FIL/07
Training objectives
- The aim of this course is to improve the knowledge of ancient philosophy analysing a specific topic and reading directly the texts.
Prerequisites
- A basic knowledge of ancient – first of all Greek – philosophy. A knowledge of the ancient Greek language ist not a necessary prerequisite, but it is desiderable
Course programme
- Aristoteles‘ philosophy: general introduction, Aristotelian logic and metaphysics
Didactic methods
- The course will focus on the direct reading of the texts with the active participation of the students.
Learning assessment procedures
- The oral examination (some questions about the content of the course) will be preceded by a written paper on a subject chosen by the student among those treated in the course
Reference texts
- Suggested bibliography:
- Alberto Jori, Aristotele, Milano, Bruno Mondadori, 2003
- Mario Vegetti e Franco Trabattoni (a c. di), Storia della filosofia antica, Roma, Carocci, 2016, vol. II, cap. 7: “Quadro storico-critico delle interpretazioni di Aristotele nel Novecento”
- Alberto Jori, Introduzione generale alla metafisica, Milano, Universitas Studiorum, 2016
- Aristotele, La metafisica, a c. di G. Reale, Milano, Bompiani
The examination program will be supplied at the beginning of the course
