Course teached as: B003876 - STORIA DELLA FILOSOFIA DEL RINASCIMENTO Second Cycle Degree in PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
Through reading and commenting a text and using specific bibliography, the course intends to high lighten the philosophical, theological, ethical and political context which characterizes the process of social transformation during 15th and 16th Century
Pietro Pomponazzi, On the Immortality of the Soul, in Cassirer-Kristeller- Randall, The Renaissance Philosophy of Man, Chicago, Chicago U.P, 1948 (on line https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.16450); De l’immortalité de l’âme, tr. fr. T. Gontier, Paris, Belles Lettres 2012; or Über die Unsterblickeit der Seele, übersetz. B. Mojsisch, Hamburg, Meiner 1990
Learning Objectives
Knowledge: students verify their general knowledge achieved during the preceding three years course by reading and commenting a text under teacher’s supervision and by using specific bibliographic resources. Competence: by analyzing the text and by comparing it both with preceding as well as with contemporary tradition, the students develop their capacities of understanding and of autonomous evaluation. Furthermore they put text and concepts into correct context within the development of philosophical thought. Applying knowledge they also exercise in elaborating coherently their own ideas and in exposing their achievements in proper scientific language.
Prerequisites
B.A. (laurea triennale); basic knowledge of history of philosophy up to 16th century
Teaching Methods
Face-to-face lessons with moderated discussions, exercise on selected texts, potential preparation of short papers.
Further information
The course may also be attended by students of laurea magistrale LM-14 Filologia moderna Filologia moderna, curriculum internazionale in Studi sul rinascimento europeo (B013894 Storia della filosofia del Rinascimento, mutuazione)
Type of Assessment
During the oral examination students will develop the basic knowledge of history of philosophy acquired by attending the BA; they will apply their ability to analyze texts, to compare ancient and medieval philosophical tradition, to elaborate coherently their own ideas, exposing their achievements in a proper scientific language.
Course program
The course aims at retracing the Renaissance debate on the human soul (mortalism vs. immortalism). We will examine philosophical premises of Platonic and Aristotelic psycology and their anthropological and ethical consequences.