1st Edition
Philosophy and the Arts in Central Europe, 1500-1700 Teaching and Texts at Schools and Universities
By Joseph S. Freedman
Copyright 1999
380 Pages
by
Routledge
380 Pages
by
Routledge
380 Pages
by
Routledge
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Published in 1999. The articles in this collection focus on instruction - and writings arising from that instruction - in philosophy and the arts during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries with emphasis on Central Europe. The introduction brings together and expands upon many of the topics discussed - and conclusions reached - in the remaining seven articles. Four of these articles are devoted... Read more
Contents: Introduction: the study of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century writings on academic philosophy: some methodological considerations; Philosophy instruction within the institutional framework of Central European schools and universities during the Reformation era; Cicero in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century rhetoric instruction; The diffusion of the writings of Petrus Ramus in Central Europe, c.1570-c.1630; Aristotle and the content of philosophy instruction at Central European schools and universities during the Reformation era (1500-1650); Encyclopedic philosophical writings in Central Europe during the High and Late Renaissance (c.1500-c.1700); Classifications of philosophy, the sciences, and the arts in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe; The career and writings of Bartholomew Keckermann (d. 1609); Index of academic institutions; Index of authors and persons (pre-AD 1800); Index of concepts/terms and people/places .
Biography
Joseph S. Freedman
