5243004 History of Western Philosophy
| Numbering Code | U-LET03 35243 SJ34 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ Second semester | |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | Seminar | |
| Target Year | Target Student | |||
| Language | Japanese | Day/Period | Mon.4 | |
| Instructor name | SUTOU TAKI (Graduate School of Letters Professor) | |||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course | In this course, we read the Latin text of Thomas Aquinas's De Veritate (On Truth). We will consider the notion of truth in Aquinas. | |||
| Course Goals | This course intends to be an exercise of reading texts written in scholastic Latin. We will see how Aquinas discusses various problems concerning truth. | |||
| Schedule and Contents |
We will read closely the Latin text of Aquinas's disputed question on Truth, Question 1. In this semester, we shall start at article 5. Week 1: Introduction to the relevant literatures and distribution of copies of the Latin text to the participants. Week 2-14: Closely reading the text. Week 15. Feedback |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy | evaluation solely by participation to the course. | |||
| Course Requirements | The course requires knowledge of elementary Latin. | |||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | You have to read Latin text closely so that you can translate the text into Japanese or English. | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References | De Veritate , Thomas Aquinas, (Opera omnia iussu Leonis) | ||
