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This course will be a close reading of Plato's dialogue Statesman. Our reading will be guided by three concerns: 1) we will trace the question of the Political in relation to the concepts of physis and nomos; 2) we will examine the relationship between the best and second best constitution, or between so-called political personalism and legalism; 3) we will trace the relationship of the Statesman to other Platonic works, in particular the Republic and the Laws, but also to a pair of dramaturgically related works, the dialogue Sophisthesis and the unwritten dialogue Philosophos. All of these issues will be examined with respect to the question of the unity or development of Plato's political philosophy. Last update: Jinek Jakub, doc. Mgr., Dr. phil. (09.12.2024)
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The course will enable students to become proficient in reading difficult philosophical texts, to master the relevant terminology (in both English and Greek), and to understand the main contours of academic debate in the secondary literature. Last update: Jinek Jakub, doc. Mgr., Dr. phil. (09.12.2024)
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80% participation, in-class activity (commentary on the text read), 10-minute paper on a work of secondary literature, submission of a written presentation of approximately 2 standard pages (= 3600 characters) by the end of the semester.. The course output will be evaluated on whether the presentation has kept the allotted time and whether the student has captured the author's main point. Last update: Jinek Jakub, doc. Mgr., Dr. phil. (09.12.2024)
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Barker, E., The political thought of Plato and Aristotle, New York: Dover Publications, 1959. Bobonich, Ch., Plato’s utopia recast: his later ethics and politics, Oxford – New York: Clarendon Press, 2002. Brisson, L., „Interprétation du mythe du Politique“, in: C. J. Rowe (ed.), Reading the Statesman. Proceedings of the III Symposium Platonicum, Sankt Augustin 1995, pp. 349–363. Carone, G. R., „Cosmic and Human Drama in Plato‘s Statesman: On Cosmos, God and Microcosm in the Myth“, in: P. Nicholson, C. J. Rowe (ed.), Plato‘s Statesman: Selected Papers From the Third Symposium Platonicum, = Polis, 12.1/2, 1993, pp. 99–121. Friedländer, P., Plato: an introduction, translated by Hans Meyerhoff, New York: Harper & Row, 1964. Guthrie, W. K. C, A history of Greek philosophy. Vol. 5, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1978. Horn, Ch., „What Makes a Law Good? Plato on Legal Theory in the Statesman“, in: Filosofický časopis. Special Issue, 2, 2021, pp. 88–102. Jinek, J., „,Herdenzucht‘ und ,Gemeinschaftszucht‘. Zu einer vernachlässigten Unterscheidung“, in: A. Havlíček – J. Jirsa – K. Thein (eds.), Plato’s Statesman. Proceedings of the Eight Symposium Platonicum Pragense, Prague 2013, pp. 99–117. Klosko, G., The development of Plato’s political theory, 2nd ed., Oxford – New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. Krämer, H. J., Arete bei Platon und Aristoteles, Heidelberg: Karl Winter, 1959. Klein, J., Plato’s trilogy: Theaetetus, the Sophist, the Statesman, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1977. Kranz, M., Das Wissen des Philosophen. Platons Trilogie Theaitet, Sophistes und Politikos, Diss. Tübingen, 1986. Lane, M. S., Method and politics in Plato’s Statesman, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Lisi, F. L., Einheit und Vielheit des platonischen Nomosbegriffes, Königstein: Teubner, 1985. Miller, M. H., The philosopher in Plato’s Statesman: together with Dialectical education and unwritten teachings in Plato’s Statesman, Las Vegas: Parmenides Publishing 2004. Mishima, T., „Courage and Moderation in the Statesman“, in: C. J. Rowe (ed.), Reading the Statesman. Proceedings of the III Symposium Platonicum, Sankt Augustin 1995, pp. 306–312. Ricken, F., Platon, Politikos, Übersetzung und Kommentar, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2008. Robinson, Th. M., „Demiurge and World-Soul in Plato‘s Politicus“, in: American Journal of Philology, 88, 1967, pp. 57–66. Rosen, S., „Plato‘s Myth of the Reversed Cosmos“, in: Review of Metaphysics, 33, 1979, pp. 59-85. Rosen, S., Plato’s Statesman: the web of politics, New Haven – London: Yale University Press, 1995. Steiner, P. M., „Metabole and Revolution. The Myth of the Platonic Statesman and the Modern Concept of Revolution“, in: P. Nicholson, C. J. Rowe (ed.), Plato‘s Statesman: Selected Papers From the Third Symposium Platonicum, = Polis, 12.1/2, 1993, pp. 134–153. Rowe, C. J., Plato, Statesman; edited with an introduction, translation and commentary, Warminster: Aris & Phillips, 1995. Sayre, K. M., Plato’s late ontology: a riddle resolved, with a new introduction and the essay „Excess and deficiency at Statesman 283C-285C“, Las Vegas: Parmenides Publishing, 2005. Schofield, M., Plato: political philosophy, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. Skemp, J. B., Plato, Statesman: a translation of the Politicus of Plato with introductory essays and footnotes, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1961. Vidal-Naquet, P., „Plato‘s Myth of the Statesman, the Ambiguities of the Golden Age and of History“, in: The Journal of Hellenic Studies, 98, 1978, pp. 132–141. Wyller, E., Der späte Platon, Hamburg: Meiner, 1970. Last update: Jinek Jakub, doc. Mgr., Dr. phil. (09.12.2024)
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Focus on close reading and interpretation of primary and secondary sources; hermeneutical and contextual analysis; taking turns in interpretation of the selected passages; open-ended questions about the texts to encourage critical thinking and discussion. Last update: Jinek Jakub, doc. Mgr., Dr. phil. (09.12.2024)
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The course is taught in English, it takes place as a hybrid seminar, the on-line meeting platform being Microsoft Teams. Last update: Jinek Jakub, doc. Mgr., Dr. phil. (06.01.2025)
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1) Introductory session 2) Scene of dialogue 257a-258b 3) Diaresis and the first definition 258b-268d 4) The Myth 268d-274e 5) Correction of diaresis and the second definition 274e-277c 6) The paradigm of weaving 277d-283a 7) The Art of Measuring 283b-287b 8) The True Politician I (Two Kinds of Causes) 287b-290e 9) The True Politician II (His Separation from the Sophists) 291a-303d 10) The True Politician III (His Separation from the Auxiliaries) 303d-305e 11) The Royal Mixing 305e-311c 12) Summary and Reflection Last update: Jinek Jakub, doc. Mgr., Dr. phil. (09.12.2024)
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Advanced knowledge of English, both spoken and written. Last update: Jinek Jakub, doc. Mgr., Dr. phil. (09.12.2024)
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