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Faculty of Arts
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
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UFAR 2019/2020
Melancholy and philosophy: images of a longue-durée association
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25. 2. Introduction: the original connection between genius and melancholy. Pseudo-Aristotle, Problem XXX.1
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25. 2. Introduction: the original connection between genius and melancholy. Pseudo-Aristotle, Problem XXX.1
3. 3. The sources of Problem XXX.1: the medical theory of the humors and Democritean moods
10. 3. Hippocrates visits the mad Democritus: Letter to Damagetes no. 17
17. 3. Acedia and Sadness: Thomas Aquinas’ synthesis
24. 3. Aquinas continued
31. 3. Genius and philosophy. Ficino in the wake of ancient wisdom
7. 4. Ficino as a melancholic. Doing philosophy in first person
14. 4. Dürer’s engraving Melancholia I: reading seminar (analysis of the chapter on Dürer in Saturn and melancholy)
21. 4. Michel de Montaigne. The study of melancholy
28. 4. Seminar by our guest, Dr. Serena Masolini, on acedia (the mortal sin of sadness)
5. 5. Descartes nad the melancholic 17th century
12. 5. Sigmund Freud, “Mourning and Melancholia” and the historic turn towards melancholy as nostalgia
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25. 2. Introduction: the original connection between genius and melancholy. Pseudo-Aristotle, Problem XXX.1