Philosophy 1

The course is a substitute for:

Philosophy 1 (XE16FI1)

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Department of Economics, Management and Humanities

Synopsis:

We are dealing with the most important persons, schools and ideas of ancient philosophy. The evolution of philosophy starts from the mythological background. We are concerned especially on transdisciplinar nature of philosophy and connection of old philosophical thoughts with recent problems of science, technology and politics.

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Syllabus of lectures:

1. Philosophy as transdisciplinar science

2. The first philosophy

3. Eleatics philosophy

4. Pythagorean philosophy

5. Heracleitus of Efesos

6. Atomistic philosophy

7. Further presocratics

8. Sophists and Socrates

9. Plato and the world of ideals

10. The clasical period and Aristotle

11. Hellenistic period

12. The Roman philosophy

13. The philosophy in Alexandria

14. The comparison of oriental wisdom with western philosophy

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Study materials:

[1] Stumpf, S. E.: Socrates to Sartre, A History of Philosophy. McGraw-Hill, 1993

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No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans: