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「啟蒙時期哲學（Enlightenment
Philosophy）」
「柏拉圖對話錄（Plato's Dialogs）」
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科目名稱：The
Enlightenment............... Spring
2007, CCU
授課地點：文學院 授課時間：週一14:00-16:00
教師：Thomas
Benda
Office：文407
Office
Hours：14:00-16:00（週二）；10:00-12:00（週三）
Outline
and object of course:
The
Enlightenment has been described by
one of its major proponents, the German
philosopher Immanuel Kant, in the motto
"Have courage to use your own reason!"
It is the period in Western culture
which, some 200 - 300 years ago, gave
the modern world its final shape, before
it was challenged and fought in a still
ongoing battle. Not only technical progress
and revolutionary philosophical thinking,
but also political change characterized
the Enlightenment. The individual, intellectually
awake and relying on his own reasoning,
instead of listening to authorities,
was less prone to be politically guided
than his benighted predecessors. Today,
we mostly see the Enlightenment as progress
for humankind. Yet it was not unchallenged.
On antirational as well as political
grounds, opponents soon after its inception
voiced strong objections.
We will in our course characterize the
Enlightenment, then devote most of our
time to read and discuss the views of
opponents. The course will be introductory
and does not require previous knowledge
of the topic. Having gonr through the
course, you should be able to appreciate
one of the cornerstones of modern Western
thinking and to take part in an informed
discussion about it.
Textbook:
Isaiah
Berlin, Three Critics of the Enlightenment,
Pimlico, London (2000).
Isaiah
Berlin, Freedom and its Betrayal, Princeton
University Press (2002).
科目名稱：Plato's
dialogs...............
Spring
2007, CCU
授課地點：文學院 授課時間：週二19:00-21:00
教師：Thomas
Benda
Office：文407
Office
Hours：14:00-16:00（週二）；10:00-12:00（週三）
Outline
and object of course:
Plato
and his time have shaped Western thinking
like no other, he has exerted his influence
until the present day. His work has
been preserved as a collection of dialogs,
all written in beautiful Greek.
In our course, we will review several
of Plato's dialogs, read some passages
and try to get hold of Plato's main
philosophical ideas, in particular,
methodical questions, the theory of
forms, and right conduct and society.
The historical dimension will also be
an important part of our foray into
Plato's world.
After the course, you should have some
solid knowledge about Plato, his culture
and his time and be able to appreciate
the foundations of Western philosophy.
Textbook:
David
J. Melling, Understanding Plato, Oxford
University Press (1987).
Passages
of dialogs in English translation will
be distributed as appropriate
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