PHIL3172: MEDIEVAL WESTERN PHILOSOPHERS2011-2012
Venue: UCC 114 (聯合書院鄭棟材樓 114)
Time: Wednesdays 18:30 - 21:15
- Teacher: Louis Ha.
PHIL3172: MEDIEVAL WESTERN PHILOSOPHERS|
Middle Ages in the West lasted for more than a millennium after the downfall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th Century.
During this period people lived under certain unity and uniformity commanded by the strong influence of Christianity and the common acceptance of the importance of faith in one’s daily life.
This course aims at presenting the thoughts of those centuries developed in serenity and piety together with the breakthroughs made by individual philosophers such as Boethius, Anselm of Canterbury, Peter Abelard, Thomas Aquinas and Duns Scotus.
Modern people, though live in a technologically advanced era, are quite often facing almost the same challenges of their Medieval fellow human-beings.
The course intends to provide students with instances for a more general comprehension of human reality through the study on the problems of faith and understanding. Internal website 7 September, 2011 *INTRODUCTION The medieval Europe: the time, the place and the people The two themes and five philosophers chosen for the course Class dynamics - a) oral report by students, b) lecture by teacher, c) discussion in small groups, d) points of reflections (at least two) Assessment: attendance 10%; book report 20%(2000 words, before/on 12 Oct.); presentation 30%; term paper 40%(5000 words, before/on 23 Nov.) * The spirit of mediæval philosophy / by Étienne Gilson. * 中世紀哲學精神/ Etienne Gilson著 ; 沈淸松譯. * [Chapters 18,19,20] 14 September, 2011 *CONSOLATIO PHILOSOPHIAE, Book V by Boethius (480-524) Boethius 21 September, 2011 *DE DIVISIONE NATURAE, Book II. by John Scotus Eriugena (810-877) Schoedinger, 282-295 28 September, 2011 *PROSLOGIUM. chapter II-IV by Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109) - AN ANSWER TO THE ARGUMENT #6. by Gaunilon, a monk of Marmoutier. - IN REPLY TO GAUNILON'S ANSWER, chapter III by Anselm of Canterbury Anselm 12 October, 2011 *UNIVERSALS - The Medieval Problem Klima, Gyula, "The Medieval Problem of Universals", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2008 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), Problem of Universals -John Duns Scotus (1266-1308) 19 October, 2011 *UNIVERSALS - The Medieval Problem Klima, Gyula, "The Medieval Problem of Universals", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2008 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), Problem of Universals -William of Ockham (1298-1350) 26 October, 2011 *ETHICA by Peter Abelard (1079-1142) Schoedinger, 121-142 29 October, 2011 (Saturday: 9:30-12:00) *FIELD TRIP - An intellectual conversation with scholastics Salesian House of Studies Rector: Rev. Dr. Lanfranco Fedrigotti 斐林豐神父, SDB Address: 18, Chaiwan Road, Hong Kong. Tel: 2567-9102/3 2 November, 2011 *SUMMA THEOLOGIAE by Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) - Existence of God 1.1.1-2; 1,2,1-3; - Problem of Evil: De Malo 1.2-4; 3.1 9 November, 2011 *SUMMA THEOLOGIAE by Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) - Knowledge and sensation 1.84.6-8; 1.85.1-4; 1.88.1-3; 16 November, 2011 *SUMMA THEOLOGIAE by Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) - Law 92,94,95 23 November, 2011 *MEDIEVAL SPIRITUALITY -Bonaventura di Giovanni Fidanza (1221-1274) The Journey of the Mind Into God Bonaventura 30 November, 2011 *MEDIEVAL SPIRITUALITY -Meister Eckhart (1260-1327) The Meister Eckhart Site: Texts and Discussion READING MATERIAL
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