Philosophy | University of Parma

Professor
Academic discipline: Storia della filosofia (M-FIL/06)
Field: Storia della filosofia
Type of training activity: Characterising

48 hours
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6 credits

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Integrated course unit module: HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT (INTEGRATED)

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The purpose of the course is to achieve a deep acquaintance with the philosophical debate on the place and role of metaphysics in Voltaire's works

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Metaphysics of the Enlightenment: Voltaire

«On peut être métaphysicien sans être géomètre. La métaphysique est plus amusante; c’est souvent le roman de l’esprit. En géométrie, au contraire, il faut calculer, mesurer. C’est une gêne continuelle, et plusieurs esprits ont mieux aimé rêver doucement que se fatiguer», Voltaire, Dictionnaire philosophique. This critical remark notwithstanding, the first part of Voltaire’s Élements de la philosophie de Newton bears evidence of his acquaintance with the different metaphysical doctrines discussed at his age. In his Traité de metaphisique, dedicated to M.me de Chatelet and published after his death, Voltaire takles with the traditional topics of metaphysics, such as the immortality of the soul and the origins of human knowledge and moral convictions.

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Bibliography

- Voltaire, Trattato di metafisica

- Voltaire, Metafisica di Newton (prima parte degli Élements de la philosophie de Newton)

- E. Cassirer, La filosofia dell'Illuminismo, Firenze, La Nuova Italia 1973 ("Strumenti. Ristampe anastatiche, 5")

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HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY cod. 04385

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HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY
cod. 04385