Unity of Brethren Tradition and Comenius's Pansophy
It is well documented that Comenius's (1592-1670) "pansophic" program of intellectual reform was influenced by a variety of European authors (e.g., Andreae, Campanella, Bacon, Patrizi) and trends such as Ramism and German Reformed encyclopedism. This article enumerates some of the deb...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2020]
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Journal of Moravian history
Year: 2020, Volume: 20, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-29 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KDD Protestant Church NCA Ethics VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Pansophy
B Unity of Brethren (Jednota bratrská, Unitas Fratrum) B Virtue Ethics B Jan Amos Komenský (Comenius) B irenics |
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| Summary: | It is well documented that Comenius's (1592-1670) "pansophic" program of intellectual reform was influenced by a variety of European authors (e.g., Andreae, Campanella, Bacon, Patrizi) and trends such as Ramism and German Reformed encyclopedism. This article enumerates some of the debts the pansophic program owes to a source closer to home: the Unity of Brethren, Comenius's own Hussite religious tradition. First, we examine several ways in which Comenius's intellectual-reform goals and methods echo the search for unity and harmony that was characteristic of the Brethren (internally, in the group's decision-making techniques, and externally, in its irenic efforts). Second, we see how the virtues Comenius prescribes for philosophers in his pansophic writings parallel the virtues considered necessary for religious irenics. |
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| ISSN: | 2161-6310 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Moravian history
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