Lehrveranstaltungen Wintersemester 2015/2016
Fortgeschrittenenseminar
Proclus' "Elements of Theology"
Mo. 12:00 bis 14:00 c.t. woch 12.10.2015 bis 01.02.2016 MusaPH (Leopoldstr. 11b, 4. Stock, Raum 433)
Kommentar: A key work of later Neoplatonism, the "Elements of Theology (Stoicheiōsis theologikē)" by Proclus offers a construction of Platonist metaphysics using an axiomatic Euclidean mathematical structure. In this seminar, we will read selections of this work in the original Greek, discussing Proclus' argumentation and the relation of the "Elements" to earlier versions of Platonism in antiquity.
Literatur:
W. Beierwaltes, Proklos: Grundzüge seiner Metaphysik (Frankfurt am Main: 1965).
R. Chlup, Proclus: An Introduction (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012).
E.R. Dodds, Proclus: The Elements of Theology (Oxford: 1933).
S. Gersh, Kinesis Akinetos: a Study of Spiritual Motion in the Philosophy of Proclus (Leiden: 1973).
C. Helmig, Forms and Concepts. Concept Formation in the Platonic Tradition (Berlin: de Gruyter, 2012).
M. Martijn, Proclus on Nature (Leiden: 2010).
M. Perkams and R.M. Piccione (eds), Proklos. Methode, Seelenlehre, Metaphysik (Leiden: 2006).
L. Siorvanes, Proclus: Neo-Platonic Philosophy and Science (New Haven: 1996).
Voraussetzungen: The seminar will mostly be taught in English but participants who would rather discuss and translate in German are also welcome. However participation presupposes some facility with Greek, as participants will take it in turns to present the text.
Leistungsnachweis: term paper OR (presentation+essay/record), according to the lecturer's specification (= BA and general MA program in philosophy); equivalent forms of assessment by arrangement [9 ECTS-points]
Anmeldung: (LSF) pre-registration is not necessary.
Fortgeschrittenenseminar
The "Harmony of the Two Philosophers" ascribed to al-Farabi
Di. 10:00 bis 12:00 c.t. woch 13.10.2015 bis 02.02.2016 MusaPH (Leopoldstr. 11b, 4. Stock, Raum 433)
One of the most familiar and influential ideas of late antiquity was that Plato and Aristotle agreed in all the fundamentals of their philosophy. This idea (called "perfectly crazy," but fruitful, by Richard Sorabji) lived on in the Arabic-speaking world, and was explicitly defended in a work called "Harmony of the Two Sages." This is ascribed to al-Farabi, though doubts have been raised about its authenticity in recent literature. In this seminar we will read selections of the text in the original Arabic and discuss the philosophical viewpoint taken by the author; ideally, it will also be decided by the end of the seminar whether Farabi is in fact the author.
Literatur:
Text and translation
Boethius, Theological Tractates and Consolation of Philosophy, trans. H.F. Stewart E.K. Rand, and S.J. Tester (London: 1973).
Secondary literature
Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy, trans. J.C. Relihan (Indianapolis: 2001).
M. Gibson (ed.), Boethius. His Life, Thought and Influence (Oxford: 1981).
S. MacDonald, “Boethius’s Claim that all Substances are Good,” Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie 70 (1988), 245–79.
J. Marenbon, Boethius (New York: 2003).
J. Marenbon (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Boethius (Cambridge: 2009).
Voraussetzungen: The seminar will mostly be taught in English but participants who would rather discuss and translate in German are also welcome. However participation requires some facility with Latin, as participants will take it in turns to present the text.
Leistungsnachweis: term paper OR (presentation+essay/record), according to the lecturer's specification (= BA and general MA program in philosophy); equivalent forms of assessment by arrangement [9 ECTS-points]
Anmeldung: (LSF) pre-registration is not necessary.
Oberseminar (zus. mit Prof. Dr. Christof Rapp, Prof. Dr. Oliver Primavesi)
Ancient Philosophy: Research Seminar
Di. 12:00 bis 14:00 c.t. woch 20.10.2015 bis 02.02.2016 MusaPH (Leopoldstr. 11b, 4. Stock, Raum 433)
Beginnt erst in der zweiten Vorlesungswoche!
Current research projects in ancient philosophy.
Voraussetzungen: Command of English and Ancient Greek.