Philosophical Texts in German

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

The four-hour course is aimed at beginning foreign students from all faculties want to read central texts of German philosophy in the original language. Goal of the course is to provide methodological orientation. Given the factual and linguistic difficulty of German texts Philosophy, it is necessary to focus on small sections of text in each session of the course to concentrate. The various texts presented will initially focus on: to clarify linguistic difficulties as a prerequisite for analyzing the content of the texts. Detailed understanding of the text should enable students to develop their insights into the texts articulate clearly orally and in writing. In the course we will also try to translate the texts discussed into a philosophical-historical perspective to classify the context and use a few examples to trace the traces of these texts in the German literature and jurisprudence.