| Course title | Readings in Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy 4 (Francis Bacon - The New Atlantis) |
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| Course code | KFI/BCSF4 |
| Organizational form of instruction | Seminar |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 3 |
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Status of course | Compulsory-optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
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unspecified
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
| Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Group work |
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The seminar will analyze in detail Francis Bacon's New Atlantis, one of the utopian works of Renaissance political philosophy. The New Atlantis will be put first into the context of Renaissance thought, then Bacon's work, and finally specifically into the context of Renaissance political philosophy of both the utopian line (Thomas More, Johann Valentin Andreae, Francis Bacon, Jan Amos Comenius) and of different conceptions (Niccolo Machiavelli, Jean Bodin). The starting point for your own reading will be the Czech translation by Alois Bejblík (Prague: Mladá Fronta 1980). The translation will be compared with the critical edition of the text (ed. Brian Vickers, Oxford - New York 1996). The commentary will draw on extensive secondary literature and existing commentaries on the Vickers edition, which will contribute to a deeper understanding of the text. The ideal outcome of the seminar will be a revision of the translation for a new edition of the New Atlantis in Czech.
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| Prerequisites |
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unspecified
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Essay, Student performance
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2019) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2022) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2019) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2016) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2022) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer |