History of Philosophy Ib (Antic Philosophy – part II)

Pre-requisites: None

Course objectives: Training the students in the critical and careful reading of the Metaphysics and in the understanding of the philosophical problems and arguments connected with Aristotle’s key concept of Substance. Both student questions and class discussions are encouraged.

Course description: This course is the critical interpretation of the various aspects of Substance (ousia), i.e. most fundamental concept of Aristotle’s “first philosophy”. Special attention is given to the careful and critical reading the central books of his Metaphysics.

Learning Outcomes: Training the students in the critical and careful reading of the Metaphysics and in the understanding of the philosophical problems and arguments connected with Aristotle’s key concept of Substance. Both student questions and class discussions are encouraged.

Literature/Reading:

• 1. Aristotel, Metafizika, preveo S. Blagojevic, Beograd, 2007 (naročito Z, H, Θ knjige)
• 2. The Metaphysics (Books Z, H, Θ) translated by D. Ross in: The complete works of Aristotle, vol. I-II, ed. J. Barnes, Princeton, 1991.
• 3. Aristotle’s Metaphysics, vols. I-II, A Revised Text with Introduction and Commentary by W. D. Ross, Oxford 1997.
• b) sekundarna literatura (po izboru):
• 1. Aristotelova Metafizika. Zbirka rasprava, Zagreb, KruZak, 2003.
• 2. Arsenijević M, Zenon, prostor, vreme, Zagreb 1986, str. 1-49.
• c) sekundarna literatura na stranim jezicima (nije obavezna):
• 1. Aubenque P, Le Probléme de l' Etre chez Aristote, Paris, 1977.
• 2. Burnyeat M, A Map of Metaphysics Zeta, Pittsburgh, 2001.
• 3. Frede M, «The Definition of Sensible Substance in Met. Z», in: Bioloqie, logique et metaphysic ches Aristote, ed. by D. T. Devereux/P. Pellegrin, Paris 1990, pp. 113-129.
• 4. H. Happ, Hyle, Berlin, 1977.
• 5. Irwin T, - Aristotle’s First Principles, Oxford 1988.
• 6. Krämer H, «Aristoteles und die akademische Eidoslehre», in: Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie, 55 (1973), pp. S. 119-187.
• 7. Owen G. E. L., «Logic and Metaphysics in some earlier works of Aristotle», in: Aristotle and Plato in the Mid-fourth Century, Götteborg 1960.
• 8. Owens J, The Doctrine of Being in Aristotelian Metaphysics, Toronto 1978.
• 1. Aristotel, Metafizika, preveo S. Blagojevic, Beograd, 2007 (naročito Z, H, Θ knjige)