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European Philosophy II. - YMFPR242
Title: Europäische Philosophie II.
Guaranteed by: Programme Deutsche und französische Philosophie (24-DFP)
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities
Actual: from 2025
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 4
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, Ex [HT]
Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: German
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Is provided by: YMFPR156
Guarantor: Dr. phil. habil. Hans Rainer Sepp, mimořádný profesor Univerzity Karlovy
Teacher(s): Dr. phil. habil. Hans Rainer Sepp, mimořádný profesor Univerzity Karlovy
Annotation -
"Nature vs. Law: Contexts of Materialism" The contrast between phýsis and nómos has accompanied European philosophy almost from its beginnings. With it, an event of nature (phýsis) that ultimately determines the cosmic motion is understood in such a way that it opposes all attempts of human beings to establish laws (nómoi) by his or her own efforts. Remarkably, the postulate of the regularity of nature, which is also and especially binding for everyone, was emphasized above all by the early materialists Leucippus and Democritus, later by Epicurus and Lucretius, before experiencing a unique renaissance, especially in the French Enlightenment in the 18th century, with materialist authors such as D’Holbach, La Mettrie and Helvetius, but also with Montesquieu and Rousseau, among others, and led to its reception by Marx. The interesting thing about this constellation is that, with reference to laws that are not made by man but dictated by nature, it is less a science of nature than a theory of society that is to be established.
Last update: Matějková Anna, Mgr. (15.09.2025)
Course completion requirements

Final Paper - 10 pages

Last update: Matějková Anna, Mgr. (15.09.2025)
 
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