Seminar on philosophical texts by medieval authors [ LFILO1325 ]
3.0 crédits ECTS
30.0 h
2q
| Teacher(s) |
Counet Jean-Michel ;
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| Language |
French
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Place
of the course |
Louvain-la-Neuve
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| Main themes |
The course requires a direct and frequent exposure to Medieval texts. We shall either study a particular text (from beginning to end or jumping around in it), or extracts from different authors addressing a specific problem.
We shall examine these texts from a historical perspective. We shall shell out their sources, insisting on the fact that Medieval thinkers believed they were on the threshold of different traditions and heritages: biblical and theological, patristical, philosophical (Ancient, Arab, and Jewish thought). From a doctrinal point of view, we shall also show what was innovative in these texts when they were written and in their cultural context. If the need arises, we shall underline their posterity, especially their influence on Modern thought.
On top of this historical approach, we shall also examine the argumentative strategies of the texts themselves, highlighting their logical and conceptual rigor, which makes for excellent training for the students' reading skills.
The texts will be explained by the lecturer: the goal is to give examples of reading methods and to indicate the necessary tools for a proper reading of these texts.
The students will be asked to do complementary readings.
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| Aims |
The aim of the course is to teach the students how to "read" Medieval texts on their own. In other words, by overcoming the cultural distance separating us from the texts, the students should come to understand the workings and uses of the texts and the methods necessary for explaining them,. thus providing the capacity for further independent research in this area.
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| Content |
The theme of this course will be a study of Thomas Aquinas' De Unitate intellect contra averroistas ( The unity of the intellect against the Averroists). This crucial writing tries to show the falsehoof of Averroes' lecture of the Aristotelian treatise On the Soul. Averroes' interpretation is opposed to the christian vison of man but also, and this is the point, to the genuine meaning of Aristotle's text. We are able to see Thomas' exegesis of a philosophical authority at close and this this is the ideal introduction to the medieval controversies about the status of human soul.
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Cycle et année
d'étude |
> Bachelor in Philosophy
> Bachelor in Ancient and Modern Languages and Literatures
> Bachelor in Information and Communication
> Bachelor in Ancient languages and Literatures : Classics
> Bachelor in Modern Languages and Literatures: German, Dutch and English
> Bachelor in Psychology and Education: General
> Bachelor in Economics and Management
> Bachelor in Motor skills : General
> Bachelor in French and Romance Languages and Literatures : General
> Bachelor in Human and Social Sciences
> Bachelor in Modern Languages and Literatures : General
> Bachelor in Sociology and Anthropology
> Bachelor in Political Sciences: General
> Bachelor in History of Art and Archaeology : General
> Bachelor in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Studies
> Bachelor in Mathematics
> Bachelor in History
> Bachelor in Biomedicine
> Bachelor in Pharmacy
> Bachelor in Religious Studies
> Certificat universitaire en philosophie (approfondissement)
> Preparatory Year for Master in Ethics
> Preparatory Year for Master in Philosophy
> Certificat universitaire en langue, littérature et civilisation latines
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Faculty or entity
in charge |
> EFIL
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