Università Roma Tre

A Course Module:
Socrates' Intellectualism and Theory of Agency.
The A Course Module will be held during the first part the semester (6 weeks) and will focus on the following issues:
Socrates' intellectualism and the philosophical debate in the 5th century BC.
Elenchos and the method of inquiry.
The Socratic Paradoxes.

B Course Module:
The divided Self in Plato's Republic
The B Course Module will be held during the second part of the semester (6 weeks) and will focus on the following issues:
Plato's doctrine of the tripartite soul.
Plato's theory of agency and motivation.
Socratic and Platonic rationalism.

A Course Module

[1] B. Centrone, Prima lezione di filosofia antica, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2015
R.Chiaradonna e P. Pecere, Vivere la Conoscenza, Mondadori Education, Milano, 2022, Volume 1A: Dalle origini ad Aristotele
R. Chiaradonna, Platonismo, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2017

[2] Platone, Platone, Eutifrone, Apologia di Socrate, Critone, a cura di B. Centrone e A. Taglia, Torino, Einaudi 2010, pp. 99-291
M. Bonazzi, Atene, la città inquieta, Einaudi, Torino 2017

[3] Students are required to prepare a written paper in Italian (2.500 words) about the texts listed at point [1].


B Course Module

[1] B. Centrone, Prima lezione di filosofia antica, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2015
R.Chiaradonna e P. Pecere, Vivere la Conoscenza, Mondadori Education, Milano, 2022, Volume 1A
R. Chiaradonna, Platonismo, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2017

[2] Platone, La Repubblica, a cura di M. Vegetti, Rizzoli, Milano 2006, pp. 536-629 and pp. 1014-1091 (Book IV and Book IX)
F. Ferrari, La Repubblica di Platone, Il Mulino, Bologna 2022
F. Trabattoni, Platone, Carocci, Roma 2009 ("I Pensatori")

[3] Students are required to prepare a written paper in Italian (2.500 words) about the texts listed at point [1].