Body and Soul in Ancient Philosophy - YBAJ230

• Title: Body and Soul in Ancient Philosophy
• Guaranteed by: Programme Liberal Arts and Humanities (24-SHVAJ)
• Faculty: Faculty of Humanities
• Actual: from 2023 to 2023
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 4
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, MC [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / 20 (20)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: Mgr. Stanislav Synek, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): Mgr. Stanislav Synek, Ph.D.
• Class: Courses available to incoming students

Annotation

English

The course will take a look at how ancient Greek philosophy conceptualized relation between body and soul. After an overview of presocratic philosophers, we will focus on two prominent figures of Plato and Aristotle. The course will address several traditional issues: soul's immortality; soul's relation to the body; parts of soul; functions of soul (perception, thinking; desires and appetites) etc. Key primary sources: Plato - Phaedo, Phaedrus, Respublic, Timaeus; Aristotle - On the Soul.

Last update: Kučabová Veronika, Bc. (19.06.2023)

Literature

Obligatory:

• Plato. Timaeus. In Plato.. Timaeus and Critias . : Start Publishing LLC, 2012, s. -. ISBN 1-62558-128-9..
• Aristotle. books II-III. In Aristotle. De anima, or about the soul . Chicago, Ill: Saint Augustine's Press, 2022, s. -. ISBN 1-58731-202-6..
• Plato.. Phaedo. : Start Classics, 2013, 1 s. ISBN 1-62793-828-1.

Last update: Synek Stanislav, Mgr., Ph.D. (19.09.2023)

Syllabus

The course will focus on Plato's and Aristotle's view on soul and body, yet we will also touch upon some of their predecesors (Homer, presocratics) as well as some of the later hellenic philosophers (Epicurus, stoics).

1. The origins: Homer & presocratics
2. Plato: Phaedo
3. Plato: Timaeus - body & soul of the universe; immortal souls
4. Plato: Timaeus - mortal souls and bodies; sense perception
5. Plato: Timaeus - mortal souls (cont.); plants; other animals
6. Aristotle: On the Soul (introduction)
7. Aristotle: On the Soul - sense perception
8. Aristotle: On the Soul - phantasia
9. Aristotle: On the Soul - nous & logos
10. Aristotle: On the Soul - movement
11. Epicurus
12. Stoics

Last update: Synek Stanislav, Mgr., Ph.D. (19.09.2023)

Course completion requirements

1. Assignments in moodle (min. 70% of all the tasks, min. grade >50%)

2. Colloquium (during the winter exam period)

Last update: Synek Stanislav, Mgr., Ph.D. (26.09.2023)