Stoicism: sources, currents, reception 3800-SZNR23-M-OG

The aim of the lecture is to discuss the most important historical and doctrinal topics related to ancient Stoicism and thus to present a comprehensive picture of Stoicism. The origins of the Stoic school and its development will be presented. An attempt will be made to reconstruct the views of the thinkers of the Old and Middle Stoa, as well as the later development of the doctrine. The views of the Stoics will be shown in the broad context of philosophy, literature and rhetoric of the Hellenistic and Roman times. The issues of the state of preservation of the sources and transmission of texts, as well as possible Eastern influences on Stoicism, will be discussed. Selected examples of the reception of ancient stoicism by later thinkers will also be mentioned. During the lecture, we will look at the discussions held both with the opponents of the Stoic school, as well as within Stoicism itself, we will trace the development of key philosophical concepts and positions, we will point out the most important controversies related to the views of the Stoics. The most important hermeneutical paradigms relating to Stoicism will also be presented.

Type of course

elective monographs
general courses

Prerequisites (description)

(in Polish) Zaliczony dowolny kurs z zakresu historii filozofii

Course coordinators

Krzysztof Łapiński

Learning outcomes

Acquired knowledge:

- the student understands the historical character of the formation of philosophical ideas;

- the student knows philosophical terminology in Polish at a advanced level in a selected philosophical subdiscipline;

Acquired skills:

- the student correctly applies acquired philosophical terminology;

- the student is able to describe the relationship between the formation of philosophical ideas and social and cultural processes;

Acquired social competences:

- the student is open to new ideas and ready to change opinions in the light of available data and arguments;

- the student is aware of the importance of the European philosophical heritage for understanding social and cultural processes and is aware of the responsibility for its preservation.

Assessment criteria

written final examination (based on the content of the lecture)

Number of absences: 2

Bibliography

Sources:
Cyceron, Pisma filozoficzne, t. I-IV, przeł. W. Kornatowski, J. Śmigaj, Z. Cierniakowa, Warszawa 1960-1963.
Epiktet, Diatryby, Encheiridion, przeł. L. Joachimowicz, Warszawa 1961.
Marek Aureliusz, Rozmyślania, przeł. M. Reiter, Kęty 2003. Marek Aureliusz, Rozmyślania (Do siebie samego), przeł. K. Łapiński, Warszawa 2011.
Muzoniusz Rufus, Wykłady stoickie (Diatryby), przeł. K. Łapiński, Wrocław 2021.
Seneka, Listy moralne do Lucyliusza, przeł. W. Kornatowicz, Warszawa 1961.
Seneka, Dialogi, przeł. L. Joachimowicz, Poznań 1996.

Secondary texts:
Ackeren M. van (red.), A Companion to Marcus Aurelius, Malden, Oxford 2012.
Benson M., Logika stoików, tłum. A. Kruk, Warszawa 1971.
Bobzien S., Determinism and Freedom in Stoic Philosophy, Oxford 1998.
The Cambridge Companion to the Stoics, B. Inwood (ed.), Cambridge 2003.
Colish M., Stoic Tradition from Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages, t. 1-2, Brill, Leiden 1985.
Domański J., Scholastyczne i humanistyczne pojęcie filozofii, Kęty 2005.
God and Cosmos in Stoicism, R. Salles (ed.), Oxford 2009.
Hadot P., Twierdza wewnętrzna. Wprowadzenie do Rozmyślań Marka Aureliusza, przeł. P. Domański, Kęty 2004.
Long A.A., Epictetus: a Stoic and Socratic Guide to Life, Oxford 2002.
Morford M., The Roman Philosophers. From the time of Cato the Censor to the death of Marcus Aurelius, New York 2002.
Newman, R.J., Cotidie meditare: Theory and Practice of the meditatio in Imperial Stoicism, ANRW, II 36.3, W. Haase, H. Temporini (eds.), Berlin 1989, s. 1473-1517.
Rist J. M., Stoic Philosophy, Cambridge 1969.
Sambursky S., Physics of the Stoics, Princeton 1987.
Sellars J., The Art of Living. The Stoics on the Nature and Function of Philosophy, London/New York 2009.
Stephens W.O., Stoic Ethics, London 2007. Stoicism. Traditions and Transformations, S.K. Strange, J. Zupko (eds.), Cambridge 2004.
Stróżyński M., Filozofia jako terapia w pismach Marka Aureliusza, Plotyna i Augustyna, Poznań 2014.
Visnjic J., The Invention of Duty. Stoicism as Deontology, Brill, Leiden/Boston 2021.

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