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ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY

CLAUDIA LO CASTO ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY

0312600098
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF6
HUMANITIES
2025/2026

YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2023
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
630LESSONS
CLAUDIA LO CASTO T Curriculum
Objectives
GENERAL OBJECTIVE:
THE COURSE AIMS TO PREPARE FOR THE STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY BY ALSO PROVIDING THE BASIS FOR METHODOLOGICAL AND TEXTUAL REFERENCE.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
THE STUDENT:
- WILL KNOW SOME FUNDAMENTAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- EXAMINE AND COMPARE ANCIENT PHILOSOPHICAL AUTHORS AND TRADITIONS
- ELABORATE ORIGINAL REFLECTIONS ON ISSUES RELATED TO THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY

AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT:
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- EVALUATE THE CRITICAL LITERATURE.
- SELECT ANCIENT PHILOSOPHICAL TEXTS BASED ON THE SPECIFIC FIELD OF INTEREST.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS:
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- REPRESENT AND COMMUNICATE, THROUGH 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 A PUBLICISTIC OR LITERARY NATURE;
- PROCEED WITH THE CONTINUOUS UPDATING OF HIS/HER KNOWLEDGE, USING TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE.
Prerequisites
NO PREREQUISITES REQUIRED
Contents
THE COURSE PROPOSES TO GO THROUGH, THROUGH READING AND COMMENTARY (10H), THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTUAL NODES
OF ARISTOTLE'S NICOMACHEAN ETHICS, CONSIDERING ESPECIALLY THE FIRST TWO BOOKS (20H).
Teaching Methods
THE TEACHING CONSISTS OF 30 HOURS OF FRONTAL LESSONS, WHICH WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE READING OF TEXTS IN TRANSLATION WITH EXEGETICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL COMMENTARY.
Verification of learning
THE EXAM CONSISTS OF AN ORAL EXAMINATION TO VERIFY THE STUDENT'S PREPARATION AND SUITABILITY TO USE THE KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED. THE ABILITY TO EXPOSE THE ISSUES ADDRESSED IN THE COURSE IN AN ARTICULATED WAY, ALSO WITH TEXTUAL REFERENCES, WILL BE ASSESSED AS WELL.
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
ARISTOTELE, ETICA NICOMACHEA, TESTO GRECO A FRONTE, TRAD. C. NATALI, LATERZA.
M. VEGETTI, L’ETICA DEGLI ANTICHI, LATERZA, ROMA-BARI 1998 (PIÙ VOLTE RIST), CAP. VI.
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