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Last update: Luciano Micali, Ph.D. (24.01.2020)
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Last update: Luciano Micali, Ph.D. (20.01.2020)
Regular and active attendance. Preparation of the primary and secondary literature before each lesson. Final exam: oral exam of ca. 20 minutes (dates of the sessions to be defined). |
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Last update: Eva Zezulková (17.12.2019)
The primary sources will be read in the English translations, with some references to the original Latin and Greek texts. Course materials (primary and secondary literature) will be provided in PDF format by the teacher. Language of the course: English. |
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Last update: Luciano Micali, Ph.D. (06.02.2020)
General part 18.02.Introduction to the course, informations about requirements and exams. Overview on the relationship between curiosity and knowledge 25.02. A short history of curiosity
Curiosity in the Latin literature and philosophy 03.03. Curiosity in the ancient thought. Cicero and Seneca. 10.03. Curiosity in the Latin literature: Apuleius
Curiosity in the Late Antiquity 17.03. Fathers of the Church and the early Christian account of curiositas. Tertullian and Augustine 24.03. Augustine: curiositas between physical and intellectual desire
Desire of knowing and curiosity in the Middle Ages 31.03. Gregory the Great and Peter Damiani 07.04. Peter Abaelard 14.04. Bernard of Clairvaux and the monastic view on curiosity 14.04. Jean Gerson on the relationship between curiosity and philosophy 21.04. Jean Gerson on curiosity and doctrinal errors
The relationship between studiositas and curiositas 28.04. A history of the concept of studiositas 05.05. Studiositas and curiositas in the works of Thomas Aquinas 12.05. Studiositas and curiositas in the works of Bonaventure of Bagnoregio |