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Theatrum Historiae. The Metaphors of J. A. Comenius’ Historical Theory and Narration and their Empirical Context
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SYSNO ASEP 0568207 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve SCOPUS Title Theatrum Historiae. The Metaphors of J. A. Comenius’ Historical Theory and Narration and their Empirical Context Author(s) Řezníková, Lenka (FLU-F) RID, ORCID, SAI Source Title Acta Comeniana. - : Filosofický ústav AV ČR, v. v. i. - ISSN 0231-5955
-, 35/59 (2021), s. 9-33Number of pages 25 s. Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country CZ - Czech Republic Keywords Johannes Amos Comenius ; metaphors ; history of historiography ; 17th century ; intellectual history ; early modern cultures of knowledge ; theatre ; light Subject RIV AB - History OECD category History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings) R&D Projects GA20-11795S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) Method of publishing Metadata only Institutional support FLU-F - RVO:67985955 EID SCOPUS 85148946293 Annotation This study focuses on several metaphors used by Comenius when discussing history. The first part discusses Comenius’ theory of metaphor. Unlike many noted critics who have dismissed metaphor for its susceptibility to inaccuracies, Comenius advises caution when using this linguistic tool but accepts it. As a theologian, he highly values the metaphorical language of the Bible and its explicatory power. In his rhetorical and philological texts, he adheres to the classical substitution theory of metaphor. However, several (and mainly) Pansophic texts bring up also its cognitive potential. The second part moves from Comenius’ theory to his practice in his historical and metahistorical writings. While in his historical writings he includes common narrative metaphors, in his metahistorical texts, he applies conceptual metaphors that help him to grasp his ideas about the nature and properties of history and historical processes. Coming from the domain of theatre, astrology, theory of vision, optics, and the physics of light, these metaphors present history as something that could be seen and physically experienced. The source domains from which Comenius derives his metaphors refer to fundamental empirical principles dominating seventeenth-century epistemology. By creating these metaphors, history came into lexical proximity with natural philosophy and the discourse of the natural sciences. Workplace Institute of Philosophy Contact Chlumská Simona, chlumska@flu.cas.cz ; Tichá Zuzana, asep@flu.cas.cz Tel: 221 183 360 Year of Publishing 2023 Electronic address https://filosofia.flu.cas.cz/upload/__files/AC35_obsah.pdf
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