Contemporary Philosophy Themes
Objectives
a) Comprehensive identification of fundamental issues in contemporary philosophical thought
b) To contextualize those issues diachronically and synchronically
c) To improve critical and analytical capabilities through the study of relevant contemporary philosophical texts
General characterization
Code
711031074
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Paulo Alexandre Pinto dos Anjos da Silva Lima
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - 168
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Not applicable
Bibliography
Nietzsche's Complete Works
- F. Nietzsche, Sämtliche Werke. Kritische Studienausgabe, hrsg. v. G. Colli u. M. Montinari, 15 Bd., Berlin, De Gruyter, 1980.
- F. Nietzsche, Digitale kritische Gesamtausgabe Werke und Briefe, hrsg. v. P. D'Iorio, Paris, Nietzsche Source, 2009ss., www.nietzshesource.org/eKGWB.
Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks: Editions, Translations and Commentaries
- F. Nietzsche, A filosofia na idade trágica dos gregos, trad. port., Lisboa, Edições 70, 2009.
F. Nietzsche, Die Geburt der Tragödie. Schriften zu Literatur und Philosophie der Griechen, hrsg. u. erl. v. M Landfester, Frankfurt, Insel Erlag, 1994, S. 299-371 (text), 655-684 (commentary).
Lectures on The Pre-Platonic Philosophers: Editions, Translations and Commentaries
- F. Nietzsche, Les philosophes préplatoniciens suivis de les διαδοχαί des philosophes (texte établi à partir des manuscrits par P. D'Iorio, présentes et annotés par P. D'Iorio & F. Fronterotta, traduit par N. Ferrand), Combas, Éditions de l'Éclat, 1994.
- F. Nietzsche, The Pre-Platonic Philosophers (Translated from the German and Edited, with an Introduction and Commentary, by Greg Whitlock), Champaign IL, University of Illinois Press, 2006.
Teaching method
Presentation of the relevant problems
Text analysis
Discussion with the students
Evaluation method
Examination (70%)
Oral presentation in the classroom (30%)
Subject matter
The lectures will deal with the young Nietzsche’s interpretation of Early Greek Philosophy. Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks will be taken as a starting point. We will seek to complement it with Nietzsche’s lectures on The Pre-Platonic Philosophers and some of his posthumous fragments. We will try to explore Nietzsche's global view of these philosophers, as well as his interpretation of each one of them individually. Our reading of Nietzsche’s texts will attempt to highlight his important reflections on the relationship between science, art and philosophy. Their importance is due to the light they shed on the meaning of the fragments of the Early Greek Philosophers, but also to the way in which they indirectly allow us to define the role that Nietzsche himself thought he could play as a philosophical mentor of the revolution Wagner sought to bring about in German culture.