- Docente: Walter Cavini
- Credits: 6
- SSD: M-FIL/07
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Philosophical Sciences (cod. 8773)
Learning outcomes
Three main objectives: (1) philological: to provide the essential tools for the study of ancient Greek and Roman philosophy; (2) dialectical: train to the discussion of a philosophical problem by examining ancient solutions compared to other solutions, particularly in modern and contemporary philosophy; (3) rhetorical: to provide a philosophical writing method aimed at preparing a written exercise on ancient philosophy.
Course contents
Course Title
Tragic Passions: Pity and Fear (Reading Seminar of Aristotle, Rhetoric, II 5 [Fear] and II 8 [Pity])
Second Semester, Forth Period: March-May 2020.
Hours: Monday, 3-6pm, Mondolfo Hall (Via Zamboni, 38 - Third Floor); Friday, 3-6pm, Mondolfo Hall.
Start: Monday, March 30, 2020, 3pm, Mondolfo Hall.
Description
[To be completed]
Readings/Bibliography
[To be completed]
Sources
Aristotele, Retorica, edited by Silvia Gastaldi, Roma: Carocci, 2014.
Studies
Heidegger, Martin (2017), Concetti fondamentali della filosofia aristotelica (2002), edited by Mark Michalski, italian edition edited by Giovanni Giurisatti, Milano: Adelphi.
Teaching methods
SLOW READING SEMINAR (10 sessions, each of 3 hours)
Adopted methods:
- Slow reading of the sources in the original language.
- Group work.
- Drafting of a handout.
- Oral presentations.
- Group discussion.
PHILOSOPHICAL WRITING SEMINAR
- Editing guidelines.
- Reading essay of an ancient work: form and contents.
Assessment methods
[To be completed]
Teaching tools
- Handouts.
- Inspiration: Diagram of partitions and concept maps.
- Handbooks: (1) Editing guidelines for a short essay; (2) Philosophical writing seminar.
- TLG, databases and bibliographical repertoires.
Office hours
See the website of Walter Cavini