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The course is intended as an introduction to the German variety of existential philosophy (Existenzphilosophie).
We will be discussing the philosophical work of Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Jaspers, Heidegger, and Patočka. Our
goal is to understand the basic scope, topics, and bearings of this particular variety of philosophy. The course is
open to all interested students and requires no significant prior philosophical knowledge.
Weekly Schedule:
1. Introduction: Existence and existentia
2. Kierkegaard I: Stages of Existence
3. Kierkegaard II: The Synthesis of Existence
4. Nietzsche I: Metaphorical Existence
5. Nietzsche II.: A Genealogy of the (also)Human
6. Kierkegaardian Renesance: German Philosophy in the interbellum period
7. Jaspers: World-Views and Limit Situations
8. Heidegger: Existence and Dasein
9. Heidegger contra Jaspers - The Role of Philosophy
10. Patočka I: Existence and the Natural World (Lebenswelt)
11. Patočka II: Movements of Life
12. Is Philosophy of Existence Still Viable Today?
13. Conclusion
Poslední úprava: Horáčková Karolína, Bc. (24.06.2025)
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Students can decide between oral and written exam (essay). For the oral exam, several exam dates will be made available in January and early February (including an online one). The oral exam will be conducted as a colloquium (discussions in small groups of 2-4 students) and will be based on lectures, class readings and any relevant literature you want to present. Should you want to get grade A (1), you need to submit a short essay (1500-2000 words) on any relevant topic mentioned in the class. The essays should use both primary and secondary sources. The deadline for the essays is January 31st. Poslední úprava: Horáčková Karolína, Bc. (24.06.2025)
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* Mandatory: Flynn, T. (2006). Existentialism: A very short introduction. Oxford University Press. Kierkegaard, S. (1980). The sickness unto death (H. V. Hong & E. H. Hong, Trans.). Princeton University Press. Nietzsche, F. (1993). On truth and lies in a nonmoral sense. In Philosophy and truth: Selections from Nietzsche’s notebooks of the early 1870s (D. Breazeale, Trans., pp. 79–97). Humanities Press.
Dreyfus, H. L. (1991). Being-in-the-world: A commentary on Heidegger’s Being and Time, Division I. MIT Press. Figal, G. (Ed.). (2009). The Heidegger reader. Indiana University Press. Golomb, J. (1995). In search of authenticity: Existentialism from Kierkegaard to Camus. Routledge. Jaspers, K. (2003). Way to wisdom: An introduction to philosophy (R. Manheim, Trans.). Yale University Press. Nietzsche, F. (1977). The portable Nietzsche (W. Kaufmann, Trans.). Penguin Books. Nietzsche, F. (2006). On the genealogy of morality and other writings. Cambridge University Press. Patočka, J. (2016). The natural world as a philosophical problem (E. Kohák, Trans.). Northwestern University Press. Patočka, J. (2022). The selected writings of Jan Patočka: Care for the soul (E. Plunkett & I. Chvatík, Eds.). Bloomsbury Academic. Kierkegaard, S. (2013). The essential Kierkegaard (H. V. Hong & E. H. Hong, Eds. & Trans.). Princeton University Press.
Poslední úprava: Marek Jakub, Mgr., Ph.D. (08.01.2026)
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