CODE 106701 ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 1 FILOLOGIA E SCIENZE DELL'ANTICHITA' 11268 (LM-15) - GENOVA 6 cfu anno 1 METODOLOGIE FILOSOFICHE 8465 (LM-78) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR M-FIL/07 TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 1° Semester TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW Students are invited to read and comment one or more ancient Greek and/or Latin works, which seem to be "minor", but are particularly relevant for the History of Greek-Roman philosophical and scientific thought. AIMS AND CONTENT AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES A particular moment/topic of the history of western ancient philosophy and science will be explored, reading and commenting the original sources. Texts will be discussed in their historical context, in order to acquire a scientific method of analysis, through the use of "lexica" and biblographical data base. Students are expected to reach a solid and non-conventional knowledge of the history of ancient thought, with special regard to the relationship between philosophy and matemathics. PREREQUISITES Basic knowledge of Greek, Latin and history of ancient philosophy. TEACHING METHODS Lessons will be held in presence. Attendance, although not compulsory, is recommended. Only those who attend lessons in presence will be deemed attending students. The teacher, upon specific request by single students, could allow them to attend lessons remotely via "Teams". SYLLABUS/CONTENT The riddle of the continuum. The pseudo-aristotelean work "De lineis insecabilibus" and the VI. Book of Aristotle's "Physics" RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY 1) Primary Literature Ps. Aristotele, De lineis insecabilibus, Introduzione, traduzione e commento a cura di M. Timpanaro Cardini, Istituto Editoriale Cisalpino, Milano-Varese 1970 (pdf on MS "Teams") Aristotele, Fisica, a cura di R. Radice, Bompiani, Milano 2011 (book VI) 2) Secondary Literature E. Cattanei, Il destino monastico e diastico del punto euclideo. Un dibattito millenario, che sorge fra Patone e Aristotele, in: M. Migliori (a cura di), Gigantomachia. Convergenze e divergenze fra Platone e Aristotele, Morcelliana, Brescia 2002, pp. 379-463, §§ 2, 4, 5 (pdf on MS "Teams") Ead., Apologie des défenseurs des lignes insécables, «Cahiers du Centre d’Études sur la Pensée antique “Kairos kai Logos”», 79 (2006), pp. 1-30 (pdf on MS "Teams") EAD., «Il moto della mente non si attua nel continuo della materia». Il ruolo del pensiero in un dibattito antico su continuità e discontinuità, in: R.L. Cardullo-G.R. Giardina (a cura di), Percepire, Apprendere, Agire. La riflessione filosofica antica sul rapporto tra mente e corpo, Academia Verlag, Sankt-Augustin 2016, pp. 41-56 («Symbolon», 43) R. Sorabji, Time, Creation and the Continuum, Duckworth, London 1983, cap. V 3) Letture consigliate Aristotle’s Physics, A Revised Text with Introduction and Commentary by W.D. Ross, Oxford University Press, Oxford 1936; 1998, Book VI (Z); pp. 402-419 (Commentary to Book VI) D.J. Furley, Two Studies in the Greek Atomists, Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J. 1967, I: Indivisible Magnitudes, pp. 44-158 D. Harlfinger, Die Textgeschichte der Pseudo-aristotelischen Schrift PERI ATMON GRAMMON, Hakkert, Amsterdam 1971 N. Kretzmann (ed.), Infinity and Continuity in Ancient and Medieval Thought, Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca-London, 1982 W. Wieland, La fisica di Aristotele, Il Mulino, Bologna 1993 (spec. III) TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD ELISABETTA CATTANEI Ricevimento: In presence: Mo, Wed (after the lesson); MS "Teams": by appointment (please, send an e-mail a couple of days before to elisabetta.cattanei@unige.it). It is advisable to arrange in any case an appointment. Exam Board ELISABETTA CATTANEI (President) MATTEO ZOPPI LARA PAGANI (Substitute) LESSONS LESSONS START 4.th October 2022 Class schedule HISTORY OF ANCIENT THOUGHT (LM) EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Interview. ASSESSMENT METHODS During the interview, students are invited to translate and comment the work/s analyzed in class. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 19/01/2023 10:00 GENOVA Orale 09/02/2023 10:00 GENOVA Orale 11/05/2023 10:00 GENOVA Orale 30/05/2023 10:00 GENOVA Orale 27/06/2023 10:00 GENOVA Orale 13/07/2023 10:00 GENOVA Orale 14/09/2023 10:00 GENOVA Orale