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Laurea in Lettere - Enrollment from 2025/2026

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CURRICULUM TIPO:

1° Year 

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
Foreign language B1 (CB Test): English, French, German, Russian, Spanish
3
E
-

2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2017/2018

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
One course to be chosen among the following
6
B
L-FIL-LET/05
6
B
L-FIL-LET/04
2 course to be chosen among the following
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
Foreign language B1 (CB Test): English, French, German, Russian, Spanish
3
E
-
activated in the A.Y. 2017/2018
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
One course to be chosen among the following
6
B
L-FIL-LET/05
6
B
L-FIL-LET/04
2 course 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
F
-

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Teaching code

4S01229

Teacher

Coordinator

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-FIL/07 - HISTORY OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY

Period

Second half of Semester 2  dal Apr 23, 2018 al Jun 9, 2018.

Learning outcomes

Horizon 2020 asks for societies in Europe that are inclusive, innovative and reflective. The course on History of Ancient Philosophy for the “B.A. degree in Philosophy” offers to students an approach that is innovative and certainly reflexive to the theme of interreligious dialogue. Teaching objectives are (1) knowledge and understanding of the thought of Plotinus and its systematic taxonomy, (2) their application to inter-religious dialogue, (3) establishing the ability to formulate judgments (ability to integrate knowledge and handle complexity, and formulate judgments with incomplete or limited information, but that include reflecting on social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments) e (4) strengthen communicative abilities (communicate their conclusions, and the knowledge and rationale underpinning these, to specialist and non-specialist audiences clearly and unambiguously).

Program

PLOTINUS AND THE RELIGIONS OF HELLENISM. Plotinus is one of the great thinkers that after centuries have reformulated the positions expressed by what Karl Jaspers called the ‘axial age, when in China Confucius and Laozi lived and taught, in India the Upanishads were produced and Buddha lived, in Persia Zarathustra, in Palestine the prophets, in Greece Homer, Parmenides, Heraclitus, and Plato. “Everything implied by these names developed almost simultaneously in China, India, and the West” (Jaspers 1949: 2). We see a great number of similarities between Jewish-Christian monotheism and the emanationism of Plotinus, but also very many dissimilarieties, which became even more evident, if one compares Plotinus with mithraic cults and of other religions coming from the East.

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Plotino Enneadi Bompiani 2002 9788845290046 a cura di Giovanni Reale, traduzione di Roberto Radice
Riccardo Chiaradonna Plotino Carocci 2009 9788843047611
Giovanni Magnani Religione e religioni. Dalla monolatria al monoteismo profetico Gregoriana 2001 9788876528989

Examination Methods

The exam will be an oral discussion and commentare t the required texts. For attendees, it will be possible to divide the exam into an oral and a written part, the former making 50% of the grade, the latter the remaining 50%. The written exam will consist of ten multiple choice question (75% of the grade) e two open answers (20% of the grade).

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