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B021063 - PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURE IN THE MIDDLE AGE
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Academic Year 2020-21
Course year
First year - First Semester
Belonging Department
Humanities (DILEF)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
M-FIL/08 - HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
36
Teaching Term
14/09/2020 ⇒ 04/12/2020
Attendance required
Yes
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Mutuality
Course teached as:
B021063 - FILOSOFIA E CULTURA DEL MEDIOEVO
Second Cycle Degree in PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES
B021063 - FILOSOFIA E CULTURA DEL MEDIOEVO
Second Cycle Degree in PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
The course aim at giving to the students an advanced knowledge of the main themes and concepts of medieval philosophy. By an accurate analysis of the text, the student will be able to improve his critical and comprehension skills
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
1) Tommaso d’Aquino, Questioni sulle creature spirituali (traduzione italiana; verrà distribuito il testo in pdf); 2) Alberto Magno, Problemi risolti (traduzione italiana a cura di A. Colli, ETS, Pisa, 2020).
Learning Objectives
Knowledge: Students check the general knowledge gained during the three year course by reading and commenting a text under the tutor's handbook and using the specific bibliography. Competence: Through the analytical examination of the text and the comparison with the ancient tradition, students develop their own capacity for autonomous understanding and judgment by placing texts and concepts within the development of philosophical thought. Behavior: Through critical analysis and comparison with the philosophical text, students learn how to elaborate their ideas consistently and show them with the appropriate scientific language.
Prerequisites
No prerequisites
Teaching Methods
Students must have substained an exam in History of medieval philosophy
Further information
Please note that a compulsory attendance is required for 2/3 of the
lessons. There are no non-attending exams unless for part-time students
(who must contact the teacher at the beginning of the course to agree on
a specific program)
lessons. There are no non-attending exams unless for part-time students
(who must contact the teacher at the beginning of the course to agree on
a specific program)
Type of Assessment
The student will have to demonstrate that they have the ability to write
and process the original topics discussed during the lessons
and process the original topics discussed during the lessons
Course program
"Angels, soul and intellect in the thirteenth century: the spiritual creatures in Thomas Aquinas and Albert the Great".
Medieval ontology is articulated through a variety of entities that belong in the theological sphere to the world of spiritual creatures, devoid of sensitive matter, yet different from God. Through the examination of the texts of Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas and of the conceptual lexicon of Aristotelian derivation to which they refer, the fundamental characteristics of these entities, their operations and their role within the hierarchy of creation will be clarified.
Medieval ontology is articulated through a variety of entities that belong in the theological sphere to the world of spiritual creatures, devoid of sensitive matter, yet different from God. Through the examination of the texts of Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas and of the conceptual lexicon of Aristotelian derivation to which they refer, the fundamental characteristics of these entities, their operations and their role within the hierarchy of creation will be clarified.