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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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The concept of God according to the philosophers:Socrates and knowing by not knowing; Plato: aesthesis, catharsis, anamnesis, episteme; Aristotle: the first mover, self-thinking thought; Augustine and knowledge of God, mind; Pseudo-Dionysius: theology; Anselm: reason and belief; Thomas Aquinas: knowledge of God; change in the notion of God in modern philosophy (God as a guarantor of knowledge or moral action), comparison of current approaches.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
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Learning outcomes
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A short introduction into the development of the notion of God in the European tradition.
Students will be able to critically evaluate particular conceptions of God in the range of the European history.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written exam
Knowledge of the development of the question concerning God in the history of thought.
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Recommended literature
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Etienne Gilsn. (1994). Bůh a filosofie. Praha.
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Jan Patočka. (1991). Sokratés. Praha.
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Richard Kearney. (1999). Routledge History of Philosophy, vol. VIII, Twentieth-Century Continental Philosophy. London : Routledge.
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Richard Schaeffler. (2003). Filosofie náboženství. Praha.
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