HISTORY OF ANCIENT TOUGHT

CLAUDIA LO CASTO HISTORY OF ANCIENT TOUGHT

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DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
EQF7
PHILOSOPHY
2024/2025

YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2021
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
630LESSONS
ExamDate
APPELLO GENNAIO09/01/2025 - 10:30
APPELLO GENNAIO09/01/2025 - 10:30
APPELLO FEBBRAIO05/02/2025 - 10:30
APPELLO FEBBRAIO05/02/2025 - 10:30
Objectives
GENERAL AIM:
THE COURSE AIMS TO DEEPEN AUTHORS, THEMES AND TRADITIONS OF THOUGHT ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE LATE ANTIQUITY

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
THE STUDENT:
- WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TACKLE THE STUDY OF LATE ANCIENT THOUGHT AND TO REFINE HIS/HER SKILLS.
- WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PHILOSOPHICAL SPECULATION IN THE LATE ANCIENT AGE.

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- EXAMINE IN DETAIL THE FUNDAMENTAL THEMES OF A METAPHYSICAL, ONTOLOGICAL, ETHICAL AND THEOLOGICAL NATURE THAT EMERGE IN THE TRADITIONS OF THOUGHT THAT CAN BE TRACED BACK TO THE LATE ANCIENT AGE;
- DEAL IN A SYSTEMATIC WAY WITH THE STUDY OF AUTHORS AND CURRENTS OF THOUGHT OF THE LATE ANCIENT AGE
- DEEPEN SPECIFIC THEMES OF THE LATE ANCIENT TRADITION ALSO IN RELATION TO THE INFLUENCES IT EXERTS ON SUCCESSIVE PHASES, ERAS AND TRADITIONS OF THOUGHT.

AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT:
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- DEVELOP AUTONOMOUS REFLECTIONS THROUGH THE DIRECT DEALING WITH THE TEXTS.
- EXPAND HIS/HER CRITICAL AND ANALYTICAL SKILLS.
- IDENTIFY AND SELECT TEXTUAL SOURCES IN RELATION TO SPECIFIC RESEARCH AND INVESTIGATION THEMES.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS:
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
REPRESENT AND COMMUNICATE, BY MEANS OF TEXTS OR EVEN VIRTUAL TOOLS, THE RESULTS OF RESEARCH OR OWN ELABORATIONS.

LEARNING ABILITY:
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- USE TRADITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC TOOLS AND COMPUTER ANALYSIS AND ARCHIVING RESOURCES;
- CARRY OUT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET COMPLEX TEXTS OF VARIOUS KINDS AND CHARACTERIZED BY A WIDE RANGE OF REFERENCES TO DIFFERENT CULTURAL AND / OR PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITIONS.
- SYSTEMATICALLY AND CONTINUOUSLY UPDATE HIS/HER KNOWLEDGE, USING THE TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC REFERENCE LITERATURE.
Prerequisites
NO PREREQUISITES ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE COURSE.
Contents
The course aims to reflect on the problematic nature of principles in Damascius and the concept of .
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE COMPRISES 30 HOURS OF LECTURES, SUPPORTED BY THE ANNOTATED READING OF THE DE PRIMIS PRINCIPIIS.
SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT STUDIES OF INTERNATIONAL RELEVANCE ON THE SUBJECT WILL ALSO BE EXAMINED.
Verification of learning
THE EXAM CONSISTS OF AN ORAL EXAMINATION TO ASSESS THE STUDENT'S PREPARATION AND ABILITY TO USE THE KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED. THE EXAM WILL ASSESS THE STUDENT'S ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE CLEARLY AND PRECISELY THE CONTENT AND METHODOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED AND HIS/HER ABILITY TO ANALYTICALLY AND CRITICALLY EVALUATE THE TEXTS STUDIED.
THE FINAL GRADE IS AWARDED IN THIRTIETHS, WITH POSSIBLE LAUDE, IF THE CANDIDATE DEMONSTRATES SIGNIFICANT MASTERY OF THE THEORETICAL CONTENT AND THE ABILITY TO PRESENT THE ARGUMENTS WITH CONSIDERABLE LANGUAGE PROPERTY AND AUTONOMOUS ELABORATION SKILLS EVEN IN CONTEXTS OTHER THAN THOSE PROPOSED BY THE PROFESSOR.
Texts
GRIMALDI: Indizi di ineffabilità. Indagine sui significati della nella protologia damasciana
M. Abbate in F. Ferrari (a cura di ) Filosofia antica, cap. XIV par. 7, pp. 377-383.
More Information
For further information please write to clocasto@unisa.it
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