Sylabus
Module I: Augustine. Between Neoplatonism and Christianity
Module II: Thomas Aquinas. The separation of finite/infinite being
Module III: John Duns Scotus. A clear and distinct idea of the infinite
Module IV: Early-modern echoes and recapitulation.
Anotace
FALL TERM 2021
BA module – Profilující Seminář středověky filosofie e-mail me for consultation or questions: anna.tropia@ff.cuni.cz
This course will target the theme of the relation between finite and infinite being through the analysis of a corpus of texts that belong to the medieval period (Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Henry of Ghent, John Duns Scotus). The main question around which the textual analysis will revolve is that concerned with the possibility of a contact between the finite and the infinite and, more particularly, is an epistemological one. How can the finite mind access the infinite being?
NB. This course will be taught in English