The course deals with four different versions of the ergon argument as they are preserved in Plato's Republic and Aristotle's writings (Protrepticus, Eudemian Ethics and Nicomachean Ethics). The aim is to show how the argument works in each of the texts, what is its role (namely a transition from the formal account of good into a substantial treatment) and how the different versions relate to each other.
Last update: doc. Jakub Jirsa, Ph.D. (15.09.2019)
Tématem semináře bude tzv. ergon argument a jeho výskyty v textech Platónových dialogů a Aristotelových etických spisů. Chtěl bych podrobit kritickému zkoumání tezi, že ergon argument (= česky asi nejlépe ‚argument o lidském díle‘) je krokem, který antickým autorům umožňuje přechod od formálních tezí k substanciálnímu výkladu o lidském dobru.
Course completion requirements - Czech
Last update: doc. Jakub Jirsa, Ph.D. (15.09.2019)
- 4 anotace ze sekundární literatury (á 1 n.s.)
- písemná práce
Literature - Czech
Last update: doc. Jakub Jirsa, Ph.D. (15.09.2019)
Primární texty: Platón, Ústava I. - překlad Fr. Novotného; jakékoli revidované vydání (Oikoymenh) Aristotelés, Protreptikos - viz link výše - Düring, I. Aristotle’s Protrepticus: An Attempt at Reconstruction. Göteborg, 1961. (standardní seznam zlomků a dobrý komentář) Aristotelés, Eudémova Etika II, VIII - Kenny, A., The Eudemian Ethics, (Oxford Univ. Press, 2011) nebo - Aristotle, Aristotle’s Eudemian Ethics. Books I, II, and VIII; translated with a commentary by Michael Woods., (Clarendon Press, Clarenodn, 1982) Aristotelés, Nikomachova Etika I, VI.13, X.6-10 - překlad A. Kříže; vyd. Rezek
Doporučené sekundární texty: - k Ústavě Barney, R., ‘Socrates’ Refutation of Thrasymachus’, in G. Santas (ed.), The Blackwell Guide to Plato’s Republic, (Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2006), pp. 44–62. Blössner, N., ‘Zu Platon, “Politeia” 352d-357d’, Hermes, 119/1 (1991), 61–73. Santas, G., ‘Methods of Reasoning about Justice in Plato’s Republic’, in G. Santas (ed.), The Blackwell Guide to Plato’s Republic, (Malden, MA ; Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2006), pp. 125–45. Singpurwalla, R. (2006). Are There Two Theories of Goodness in the Republic? A Response to Santas. Apeiron, 39(4), 319-330.
- k Protreptiku Bobonich, C. Why should philosophers rule? Plato’s Republic and Aristotle’s Protrepticus. Social Philosophy and Policy 24 (2007), 153-175. Monan, D. La connaissance morale dans le “Protreptique” d’Aristote. Revue philosophique de Louvain 58 (1960), 185-219. Walker, M. The utility of contemplation in Aristotle’s Protrepticus. Ancient Philosophy 30 (2010), 135-153.
- k Eudémově Etice Anthony Kenny, The Aristotelian ethics: a study of the relationship between the Eudemian and Nicomachean ethics of Aristotle, Second edition. ed. (University Press, 2016), kap. 1, 7-8 plus Reconsiderations 1992 a Rekonsiderations 2016. Broadie, S., ‘The Good, the Noble and the Theoretical in the Eudemian Ethics’, in J. Cottingham, P. Hacker (eds.), Mind, Method, and Morality: Essays in Honour of Anthony Kenny, (Oxford University Press, 2010), pp. 3–25.
- k Nikomachově Etice Hutchinson, D. S., The virtues of Aristotle, (Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1986), kap. 3. Korsgaard, C. M., ‘Aristotle on function and virtue’, History of Philosophy Quarterly, 3/3 (1986), 259–79 Kraut, R., Aristotle on the human good, (Princeton Univ. Press, 1989), kap. 6. Lawrence, G., ‘The function of the function argument’, Ancient Philosophy, 21 (2001), 445–75. Scaltsas, Th., 'Wellbeing in Aristotle, Politeia 2, (2019), 45-56.
- k otázce vztahu ergon a eudaimonia Ackrill, John (1997): “Aristotle on Eudaimonia”. In: John Ackrill, Essays on Plato and Aristotle. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 179–200. Heinaman, Robert (1988): “Eudaimonia and Self-sufficiency in the Nicomachean Ethics”, Phronesis 23, pp. 31–53. Reeve, David (2014a): “Beginning and Ending with Eudaimonia”. In: Ronald Polansky (ed.), Cambridge companion to Aristotle’s Nicomachean ethics. Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 14–33. Whiting, Jennifer (1986): “Human Nature and Intellectualism in Aristotle”, Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie 68, pp. 70–95.
