Gewalt sei ferne den Dingen! Contemporary Perspectives on the Works of John Amos Comenius

0458536 - FLÚ 2017 RIV DE eng M - Monography Chapter
Balík, Vojtěch
John Amos Comenius' Use of Authoritates in Theory and Practice.
Gewalt sei ferne den Dingen! Contemporary Perspectives on the Works of John Amos Comenius. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2016 - (Goris, W.; Meyer, M.; Urbánek, V.), s. 323-333. ISBN 978-3-658-08260-4
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Keywords : John Amos Comenius * quotations * references to other authors
Subject RIV: AA - Philosophy ; Religion

Comenius' writings contain a large number of passages taken from other authors. But in his own theory he is strongly against the excessive use of so-called authoritates ('authorities') when being used for stylistic purposes only. Such immoderate use reduces the authorities to just opiniones, even praeconceptus, praejudicia. Comenius allows the use of authorities only as testimonia to confirm and support the intentions of authors' own thoughts. In his own practice, he relies on the power of authorities in accordance with the hierarchy of spiritual authority recognized in his time, when on the top is the Holy Scripture, followed by the Church Fathers as the sole bearers of its message; other authors come only in the next row, even if they are his favorite authors.

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