Teaching code

4S007319

Teacher

Davide Bondì

Coordinator

Davide Bondì

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-FIL/06 - HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY

Period

Sem. 1B dal Nov 13, 2023 al Dec 22, 2023.

Courses Single

Authorized

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

Learning objectives

History of Philosophy in the Renaissance
The course aims to provide students with a knowledge of the main philosophical, political and artistic texts of the Renaissance (15th-16th century), seen in the wider context of Western philosophical tradition. At the end of the course, students shall be able to demonstrate their ability to contextualize from both a historical and critical viewpoint the authors and the topics discussed during the course. They will also develop their capacity to communicate philosophical contents to specialists and non-specialists alike, and their capacity to continue their studies at a MA level.

Prerequisites and basic notions

There are no formal restrictions on enrollment in the course.

Program

Course title: "Civil humanism and philosophical humanism".

In the first lessons (I-IV), the teacher will present some interpretations of the Renaissance especially in Italy between the Risorgimento and the second post-war period. The students will thus be able to get to grips with the manual representations and draw on the sources of the Renaissance image that we have inherited, confronting their articulation and complexity. Following the interpretation of Eugenio Garin and Cesare Vasoli, in the central lessons (V-VIII) we will then focus on two eminent figures of Italian Humanism, Coluccio Salutati and Lorenzo Valla, through a guided reading of short texts. The last lessons (IX-XII) will be dedicated to the philosophy of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola and to the commentary on the oration 'The dignity of man'. The materials will be provided by the teacher on the moodle platform with an anthological choice containing, for the first part of the course, short writings or pieces by Vasari, Voltaire, Burckhardt, De Sanctis, B. Spaventa, Gramsci, Chabod; for the second part, texts by Coluccio Salutati and Lorenzo Valla; for the third part, passages taken from Pico's works, with the obvious exclusion of the Oration, for which the students will use the adopted text. In addition to the aforementioned anthological choice, two texts to be studied will be indicated on the Leganto platform (the aforementioned Pichian oration and Eugenio Garin's Italian humanism).

Bibliography

Didactic methods

The course will consist of lectures which will be alternated with discussions led by the teacher. Particular attention will be given to reading and commenting on the text. The plurality of educational paths is designed according to the student, who will be provided with the widest possible spectrum of learning opportunities in order to guarantee the acquisition of both the knowledge and the skills set out in the educational objectives. The lessons will be recorded and published on the moodle platform.

Learning assessment procedures

The exam covers both the topics covered in class and some authors of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. In the first part, you have to show that you know the contents of the pieces studied and the main lines of the proposed commentary (Syllabus published by the moodle platform teacher). In the second part you have to show that you have appropriated the contents of Eugenio Garin's Italian humanism (see Leganto platform). In the third part, the complete reading of Pico's Oration on the Dignity of Man will be required (cf. Leganto platform)

Evaluation criteria

The evaluation criteria will be the following: 1) possession of key information and notions; 2) ability to explain clearly and with proper language; 3) ability to analyze texts; 4) autonomy of thought.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The final grade will be expressed out of thirty

Exam language

italiano o inglese