2015/2016

2015/2016

DM270

M-FIL/07 (HISTORY OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY)

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES

PHILOSOPHY

PERCORSO COMUNE

1°

1st semester (21/09/2015 - 23/12/2015)

6

36 lesson hours

ITALIAN

ORAL TEST

GASTALDI SILVIA (titolare) - 6 ECTS

A good knowledge of the history of Ancient Philosophy is required.
Students must have already passed a test on this subject.

Lectures aim at the presentation of a theoretical problem in the field of Ancient Thought, which will be analysed also from the historical and cultural points of view.

Aristotle's "Rhetoric"

The following issues will be particularly analyzed:
-the historical and cultural context of the treatise;
-the relationship with Plato's theories on rhetoric ("Gorgias" and "Phaedrus");
- Aristotle's rhetoric as a technique and its conceptual tools (especially the enthymeme, the example, the topos);
-the three genres of discourse (deliberative, forensic and epideictic) and their relationships with the political institutions of the Greek city;
-the persuasion of the audience and the role of passions.

After some introductory lessons, the course will be organized as a seminar. Students will be assigned some themes to be analyzed with a specific bibliography.
Students are therefore requested to attend classes.

Texts
Aristotele, Retorica, Introduzione, traduzione e commento di S. Gastaldi, Carocci.
Lettura di passi scelti dai libri I e II.

Bibliography for all the students:
F. Piazza, La "Retorica" di Aristotele. Introduzione alla lettura.

The verification will be through the evaluation of students' report.
Students who have not discussed a report will take an oral examination on the topics analyzed during the lectures.

The verification will be through the evaluation of students' report.
Students who have not discussed a report will take an oral examination on the topics analyzed during the lectures.