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Poslední úprava: Anna Tropia, Ph.D. (12.09.2021)
MA Module Should you have any questions, send me an email: anna.tropia@ff.cuni.cz How much do our bodies determine our personal identity? Far from tracing a sharp line amongst materialists and spiritualists, medieval and Renaissance thinkers had to come to grips with compromises and leave the door open to the following conclusion: bodies do play a great part in determining who we are. This course, that is offered to MA students, will take place in the form of a reading seminar. |
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Poslední úprava: Anna Tropia, Ph.D. (12.09.2021)
The course will provide students with the opportunity to improve their capacity of organizing a short seminar/presentation of a text. |
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Poslední úprava: Anna Tropia, Ph.D. (12.09.2021)
Literature
[All texts will be provided in English Translation on Moodle]
Aristotle, On the Soul
Thomas Aquinas, Sum of Theology
John Duns Scotus, passages from Ordinatio
William of Ockham, passages from Scriptum super I Sent.
Michel de Montaigne, Essais
Francisco Suárez, On the Soul. Disp. IV, q. 2
René Descartes, The Passions of the Soul
Elisabeth to Descartes, letters of 1643
Anne Conway, Letter to Henry More (1651) |
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Poslední úprava: Anna Tropia, Ph.D. (12.09.2021)
In Class Active Participation, Seminar/Oral Final Exam. |
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Poslední úprava: Anna Tropia, Ph.D. (12.09.2021)
1) Introduction 2) Aristotle, the soul’s powers 3) Thomas Aquinas on the human soul 4) Thomas Aquinas on the (cognitive) dependence on the body 5) Discussing Aquinas. Scotus and Ockham 6) Some Renaissance views. Sympathy 7) Montaigne, on the force of imagination 8) Descartes: the spectator 9) Descartes on perceptions – Conway on perceptions 10) Elisabeth the materialist: I am a body 11) Class to be determined/recapitulation |
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Poslední úprava: Anna Tropia, Ph.D. (12.09.2021)
MA Module! Please contact me in advance if you want to participate in the seminar |