Università Roma Tre

The teaching of History of ancient philosophy is part of the formative activities characterizing cds in Philosophy. The aim of the course is to acquire a knowledge of the history of ancient philosophy in relation both to theoretical debates and to the contextualization of historical-cultural. In addition, the student will read a dialogue by Plato or a treatise by Aristotle, studying, in the fundamental lines, the issues and debates associated with them.
The student will be able to apply the acquired knowledge in discussion and argumentation both in a theoretical perspective and in a historical-philosophical perspective.
At the end of the course the student will have acquired:
- critical thinking in relation to the history of ancient thought and contextualization of both historical and philosophical type;
- the properties of language and argumentative ability in relation to the topics covered in the course;
- ability to read and critically analyse sources (in translation).