Melanchthon: Orations on Philosophy and Education

ISBN-13: 9780521586771 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 316 str.

Philipp Melanchthon; Sachiko Kusukawa; Christine F. Salazar

Opis

Philip Melanchthon (1497-1560), humanist and colleague of Martin Luther, is best known for his educational reforms, for which he earned the title Praeceptor Germaniae (the Teacher of Germany). His most influential form of philosophical writing was the academic oration, and this volume presents a large and wide-ranging selection of his orations and textbook prefaces, many of which are here translated into English for the first time. They address subjects as diverse as moral philosophy, astronomy and mathematics, and illuminate the relationship between Renaissance and Reformation thought.

Recenzje

"For providing more than the title indicates, and doing so very competently, both editor and translator are to be thanked and congradulated." Sixteenth Century Journal

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chronology; Further reading; Note on the text; Part I. The Scope of Education: 1. On the order of learning; 2. On the role of schools; 3. On the distinction between the Gospel and philosophy; Part II. The Arts Course: 4. On the study of languages; 5. Preface to Homer; 6. On the usefulness of fables; 7. Praise of eloquence; 8. Preface to Cicero's On Duties; 9. Preface to the Questions on Dialectics; 10. Preface to arithmetic; 11. Preface to geometry; 12. Preface to On the Sphere; 13. On astronomy and geography; 14. The dignity of astrology; 15. On philosophy; 16. On natural philosophy; 17. Dedicatory letter to the Epitome of Moral Philosophy; 18. Preface to the Commentary on the Soul; 19. Preface to the Book on the Soul; 20. On anatomy; Part III. The Higher Faculties: 21. On the merit of the art of medicine; 22. On the merit of laws; 23. On the merit of studying theology; Part IV. Authorities: 24. On Plato; 25. On Aristotle; 26. On the life of Galen; 27. On the life of Avicenna; 28. On the life of Rudolf Agricola; 29. On Johannes Regiomontanus; 30. On Erasmus of Rotterdam; 31. At Luther's funeral; Index.