HISTORY OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2021/2022
- Teacher
- ALBERTO JORI
- Credits
- 6
- Didactic period
- Primo Semestre
- SSD
- M-FIL/07
Training objectives
- General aims: to acquire a method of reading and analysis of ancient philosophical texts on the background of the history of ancient philosophy from the Presocratics to Plotinus.
Prerequisites
- A good knowledge of spoken and written English language.
Course programme
- History of ancient philosophy from the Milesians to Plotinus, and in particular a study of The Sophists and Socrates.
Didactic methods
- Text reading, philosophical discussion.
Learning assessment procedures
- Oral examination.
Reference texts
- For foreign students:
A. Jori, "The Path to Truth", Universitas Studiorum, Mantova, 2018
Id. "Credo ut intelligam", Universitas Studiorum, Mantova 2019 (the first three chapters)
Id. "Looking for an Ontology of Freedom", Universitas Studiorum, Mantova 2019 (the chapter on Nietzsche)
