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Reformation and Education: Confessional Dynamics and Intellectual Transformations
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SYSNO ASEP 0557378 Document Type M - Monograph Chapter R&D Document Type Monograph Chapter Title Strategies for Adapting Knowledge: Melanchthon’s Natural Philosophy in the Czech Lands, 1540 to 1590 Author(s) Storchová, Lucie (FLU-F) RID, ORCID, SAI Source Title Reformation and Education: Confessional Dynamics and Intellectual Transformations. - Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2022 / Burton S. J. G. ; Baines M. C. - ISBN 978-3-525-56055-6 Pages s. 177-207 Number of pages 31 s. Number of pages 292 Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country DE - Germany Keywords natural philosophy ; Philipp Melanchthon ; anatomy ; astrology ; comet ; Wittenberg ; Homer ; Vergil ; De anima ; cultural exchange Subject RIV AA - Philosophy ; Religion OECD category Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology R&D Projects GA19-02938S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) Institutional support FLU-F - RVO:67985955 Annotation The article deals with transformations of early modern knowledge during cultural exchanges. Using the example of scholars based at the Utraquist university in Prague from the 1550s onwards, it discusses how specific knowledge of the natural and social order that had been influenced by Philipp Melanchthonʼs natural philosophy (especially in the fields of anatomy and astrology) was adapted to new cultural environments in the Czech lands. The author shows that Prague university professors privileged some fields of natural philosophy while eschewing others and used various strategies to simplify knowledge. This simplification took place for pedagogical reasons and as part of their effort to fight civil disobedience through their vernacular works. 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
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