Course: Philosophical Comeniology I

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Course title Philosophical Comeniology I
Course code KFI/FIKO1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Schifferová Věra, PhDr. CSc.
Course content
Introduction to Comeniology. Comeniological heritage of Jan Patočka. The relationship of theology, philosophy and pansophism in the work of J. A. Komenský. Phases of Komenský's thought development. Pre-Pansophical period. Pansophical period. Period of "all-improvement". Komenský in the European history of Philosophy. Komenský's philosophy of education as his distinctive contribution to European thinking. Komenský's relationship to the philosophical tradition. Platonism and Aristotelianism in Komenský's work. Komenský and Mikuláš Kusánský.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Methods of individual activities, Work-related activities
Learning outcomes
The objective of this course is to introduce students to the problems of interpreting the heritage of J. A. Komenský. The lectures will mostly be based on the work of our most significant interpreter of Komenský, Jan Patočka. They will be based on the following thematic topics: the evaluation of the heritage of thoughts of Komenský in history; Komenský's spiritual biography; Komenský's philosophically relevant work; the philosophical and historical context of Komenský's thought.
Students will get knowledge of the interpretations of Komenský´s work. They will be competent to work as specialists in museums, libraries and also continue research of Czech and foreign Comeniology.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Didactic test, Discussion

Credit is dependent upon an exam involving the topics dealt with in the lectures.
Recommended literature
  • Doporučená literatura bude upřesněna při přednáškách..
  • Vybrané spisy J. A. Komenského, sv. 1-9. Praha : 1958-1978.
  • KOMENSKÝ, J. A. Cesta světla. Praha, 1961.
  • KOMENSKÝ, J. A. Obecná porada o nápravě věcí lidských, sv. I-III. Praha : Svoboda, 1992.
  • PATOČKA, J. Komeniologické studie I-III. Sebrané spisy J. Patočky, sv. 9-11. Praha : Oikúmené, 1997.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2013) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2015) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter