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From Pansophia to panorthosia: The evolution of Comenius’s pansophic conception
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SYSNO ASEP 0504720 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve SCOPUS Title From Pansophia to panorthosia: The evolution of Comenius’s pansophic conception Author(s) Čížek, Jan (FLU-F) Source Title Erudition and the Republic of Letters. - : Brill - ISSN 2405-5050
Roč. 4, č. 2 (2019), s. 199-227Number of pages 29 s. Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country NL - Netherlands Keywords Early Modern philosophy ; Jan Amos Comenius ; Pansophia ; Reform of knowledge ; Samuel Hartlib ; The Republic of Letters Subject RIV AA - Philosophy ; Religion OECD category Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology Method of publishing Limited access Institutional support FLU-F - RVO:67985955 EID SCOPUS 85064995086 DOI 10.1163/24055069-00402002 Annotation The aim of this paper is to present a systematic reconstruction of the development of the pansophic idea in the work of Jan Amos Comenius. The concept of pansophia, rooted already in the ancient philosophical thinking, became a very popular topic of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century discussions, and it is one of the central topics of Comenius's philosophy. It is assumed that Comenius elaborated the formulation of the pansophic program-i.e., the program for creating a universal science incorporating the findings of both the profane and the divine-at the end of 1630s. This study therefore aims to analyse all relevant Comenius's treatises and attempts to identify the individual development phases of Comenius's pansophic idea until its transformation into the idea of the universal reform, panorthosia. The analysis of Comenius's treatises is complemented with a reflection on Comenius's correspondence, which facilitates the understanding of the author's more private motives. Workplace Institute of Philosophy Contact Chlumská Simona, chlumska@flu.cas.cz ; Tichá Zuzana, asep@flu.cas.cz Tel: 221 183 360 Year of Publishing 2020 Electronic address https://brill.com/view/journals/erl/4/2/article-p199_199.xml
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