Learning Outcomes
Students are expected to:
- be introduced to Greek philosophy in its historical evolution (6th century BC - 6th century AD);
- become acquainted with fundamental teachings of the early philosophers ("Presocratics") and of the main philosophical schools of Antiquity (Platonists, Peripatetics, Stoics, Epicureans) on various topics of ethics, epistemology, ontology and metaphysics;
- to come to grips with the ancient philosophical discourse and the interpretational problems that it raises.
Course Content (Syllabus)
An introduction to ancient Greek philosophy (6th cent. BC - 6th cent. AD). This course seeks to familiarize the students with the basic features of ancient philosophy and the basic distinctions ("schools") that exist within it, by reading and explaining several indicative texts. The course does not adopt the established narrative of the great “epochs” of ancient philosophy (Presocratic philosophy – Classical philosophy – Hellenistic philosophy – Philosophy of the imperial age), a product of the eighteenth and nineteenth century German historiography of philosophy, but follows over time the queries with which the ancient philosophical thought engaged. The main aim of the course is to make ancient philosophy understood from within, that is, in the way in which the ancient philosophers themselves understood philosophical inquiry and activity.
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1) Β. Κάλφας – Γ. Ζωγραφίδης, Αρχαίοι έλληνες φιλόσοφοι, Θεσσαλονίκη: Ινστιτούτο Νεοελληνικών Σπουδών, 2006.
2) Γ. Καραμανώλης (επιμ.), Εισαγωγή στην αρχαία φιλοσοφία, Ηράκλειο: Πανεπιστημιακές Εκδόσεις Κρήτης, 2017.
3) A. Gottlieb, To όνειρο της λογικής: η ιστορία της φιλοσοφίας από τους Έλληνες μέχρι την Αναγέννηση, Αθήνα: Ενάλιος, 2004
4) Μ. Vegetti, Ιστορία της Αρχαίας Φιλοσοφίας, Αθήνα: Τραυλός, 2003.
5) L. Rossetti, Εισαγωγή στην αρχαία φιλοσοφία: Φιλολογικά δεδομένα και άλλα μεθοδολογικά εργαλεία, Αθήνα: Ακαδημία Αθηνών, 2015.