Thesis supervisor: Gábor Borbély
Location of studies (in Hungarian): ELTE BTK Abbreviation of location of studies: ELTE
Description of the research topic:
This course is an introduction to some of the central problems of medieval ethical thought through the examination of major thinkers and debates in this period. We are going to deal with the following issues: 1) the concept of the will and the problems of freedom and theological fatalism in Augustine’s thought, 2) the concept of sin (Augustinism, Manicheism, Pelagianism) 3) Abelard on the intention and consent 4) the reception of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics in the XIIIth century 5) the problem of acrasy in the Middle Ages (Augustine, Anselm of Canterbury, Robert Grosseteste, Albertus Magnus, Aquinas, John Buridan) 6) synderesis and conscientia in medieval ethics ((Philippus Cancellarius, Alexander Halensis, Bonaventura, Albertus Magnus, Thomas Aquinas, Robert Kilwardby) 7) the definition and classification of virtues in medieval thought
Required language skills: latin olvasási készség Further requirements: általános jártasság az ókori és középkori filozófia területén
Number of students who can be accepted: 1
Deadline for application: 2022-05-02
2024. IV. 17. ODT ülés Az ODT következő ülésére 2024. június 14-én, pénteken 10.00 órakor kerül sor a Semmelweis Egyetem Szenátusi termében (Bp. Üllői út 26. I. emelet).
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