- Docente: Riccardo Caporali
- Credits: 12
- SSD: M-FIL/03
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Philosophical Sciences (cod. 0975)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students will have improved their methods for reading texts and analyzing issues of Moral Philosophy, with special focus on their abilities in reconstruction and historical-critical analysis, bibliographic recognition, written and oral language and exposition. By making constant reference to historiographic traditions, the course also aims at stimulating and inspiring the first autonomous research hypotheses in students.
Course contents
Course title: Order, Glory, Virtue (Machiavelli)
Contents: This is, as the title suggests, a monographic course on Machiavelli and his strategic location at the origin of the modern turning point of ethics and politics. The course shall also include comparisons and intersections with classic and medieval philosophy, and the following elaborations of modern thought. Reference shall also be made to critical literature, especially that of the twentieth century.
First lecture: March 7th, 2011. Days and place: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm, Via Zamboni 34, room C. Course mode: intensive, second semester.
Readings/Bibliography
N. Machiavelli, Il principe (in una qualsiasi edizione).
N. Machiavelli, I discorsi sulla prima Deca di Tito Livio (in una qualsiasi edizione).
G. Sasso, Niccolò Machiavelli, Bologna, Il Mulino, vol. I (Il pensiero politico), 1993, i capp. V («Genesi e struttura del Principe») e VI («I Discorsi»), pp. 327-622.
R. Caporali (a cura di), La varia natura, le molte cagioni. Studi su Machiavelli, Cesena, Il Ponte Vecchio, 2007.
AA.VV., Machiavelli: immaginazione e contingenza, Pisa, Ets, 2006.
Variations shall only be allowed for students who attend class.
Teaching methods
Lectures include both direct and commented reading of texts, and synthetic reconstruction of issues and thoughts. Special focus will be placed on the interaction with students (debates, short essays, etc.).
Assessment methods
Final assessment (oral exam). For students who attend lectures, it can also be on another text, upon previous agreement with the lecturer.
Teaching tools
Recommended reading, plus photocopies and slides used during lectures.
Office hours
See the website of Riccardo Caporali