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The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

CURRICULUM TIPO:

2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2019/2020

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 course to be chosen among the following
6
B
L-FIL-LET/05
6
B
L-FIL-LET/04
2 courses to be chosen among the following
activated in the A.Y. 2019/2020
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 course to be chosen among the following
6
B
L-FIL-LET/05
6
B
L-FIL-LET/04
2 courses to be chosen among the following
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
Other activitites
6
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Teaching code

4S01229

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-FIL/07 - HISTORY OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY

Period

Sem 1A dal Sep 23, 2019 al Oct 31, 2019.

Learning outcomes

The aim of the course is to acquire an in-depth knowledge of Hegel's thinking about religion in its systematic articulation, and to apply this knowledge and understanding to interreligious dialogue.

Program

Title: "Eros and Philosophy in Plato's Symposium"

The course examines the figure of Eros and its relationship with philosophical knowledge. The text to be discussed is Plato's Symposium. The multiple "ways" of Eros will be analyzed: its cosmic character, its link to the two Aphrodites (Urania and Pandemos), its demonic nature, its role in the philosophical ascent to the "good itself" (the scala amoris), its correct use in the dialogical practice of Socrates and his incorrect use by Alcibiades, and its sublimation in the virtue of the soul.

TEXT TO BE STUDIED FOR THE ORAL EXAM:
1) Platone, Simposio. Transl. by di M. Nucci, notes by B. Centrone, Torino, Einaudi 2014.
2) G. Krüger, Ragione e passione, Vita e Pensiero, Milano 1996, or, for those who read Greek, Plato, Symposium 198A-212C (Greek text ed. Burnet).
3) Course handouts, including: A) E. BERTI - F. VOLPI, Storia della filosofia: dall'antichità ad oggi, Roma-Bari Laterza 2007 (vol. I, p. 1-171); B) F. FERRARI–P. DONINI, L’esercizio della ragione nel mondo classico, Einaudi, Torino 2005, p. 303-344; C) Handouts on major terms and problems in ancient philosophy.

The handouts can be purchased at the copy-shop Ateneo, Lungadige Porta Vittoria, 37.

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Ferrari, Franco & Donini, Pierluigi L'esercizio della ragione nel mondo classico Einaudi 2005 9788806176068
Centrone, Bruno Prima lezione di filosofia antica Laterza 2018 9788858117262
Krüger, Gerhard Ragione e passione Vita e pensiero 1996 9788834308585
Platone Simposio Einaudi 2014 9788806222420
Enrico Berti - Franco Volpi Storia della filosofia: dall'antichità ad oggi (Edizione 1) Laterza 2007 978-8-842-10859-7

Examination Methods

Teaching method: The course includes lessons and seminars in which texts will be read and discussed. Attendance is therefore useful, although not mandatory.

For those who do not attend the course the program remains unvaried, but they should contact the teacher to agree on personalized readings (depending on their previous knowledge and interests), which should compensate the non-attendance of the course.

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE