Consultatio Catholica De Rerum Humanarum Emendatione
Consultatio Catholica De Rerum Humanarum Emendatione

Author: Johann Amos Comenius

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781019466940

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Written by Johann Amos Comenius, one of the most influential education theorists of the seventeenth century, this book offers a comprehensive perspective on human betterment. Covering topics ranging from morality to economics, this publication is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of education and philosophy. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Philosophy of Nicholas of Cusa
The Philosophy of Nicholas of Cusa

Author: Pavel Floss

Publisher: Schwabe Verlag (Basel)

Published: 2020-05-13

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 379654195X

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Out of the broad variety of Cusanus' work, this book discusses six of his writings, careful not to isolate them from the whole of his work. It instead presents them against the maturation of Cusanus' thinking as it developed from his first sermons up to his shortest philosophical text De apice theoriae. The texts in question are De docta ignorantia, De coniecturis, Idiota de mente, De beryllo, Trialogus de possest and De apice theoriae. In the search for God, or rather in Cusanus' lifetime eff orts to have his spirit touch the fi rst principle and the basis of all things, new perspectives on the world and man within would open up for Cusanus. Respecting this basic intention of Cusanus' thinking, the author primarily deals with Cusanus' ontotheological (metaphysical) claims and, in their context, turns his attention to the cosmological, or anthropologico-gnoseological opinions.

The Restoration of Human Affairs
The Restoration of Human Affairs

Author: Jan Habl

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2022-02-03

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1666714143

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The aim of this book is to explore the possibilities and limits of Comenius’s greatest and most important work, General Consultation Concerning Restoration of Human Affairs. The humanity of people is not quite right, but not quite lost—that is the foundational anthropological assumption of the Consultation. How does Comenius understand humanity? What are human affairs? What’s wrong with them? And the most important question: Can they be somehow corrected, improved, or restored?

The Theology of the Czech Brethren from Hus to Comenius
The Theology of the Czech Brethren from Hus to Comenius

Author: Craig D. Atwood

Publisher: Penn State Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 479

ISBN-13: 0271035323

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"Examines the history and development of Moravian theology, from its origins in the Hussite movement to the work of Comenius. Explores the theology of the Unity of the Brethren within the context of the Protestant Reformation"--Provided by publisher.

Encyclopaedism from Antiquity to the Renaissance
Encyclopaedism from Antiquity to the Renaissance

Author: Jason König

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-10-17

Total Pages: 619

ISBN-13: 1107470897

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There is a rich body of encyclopaedic writing which survives from the two millennia before the Enlightenment. This book sheds new light on that material. It traces the development of traditions of knowledge ordering which stretched back to Pliny and Varro and others in the classical world. It works with a broad concept of encyclopaedism, resisting the idea that there was any clear pre-modern genre of the 'encyclopaedia', and showing instead how the rhetoric and techniques of comprehensive compilation left their mark on a surprising range of texts. In the process it draws attention to both remarkable similarities and striking differences between conventions of encyclopaedic compilation in different periods, with a focus primarily on European/Mediterranean culture. The book covers classical, medieval (including Byzantine and Arabic) and Renaissance culture in turn, and combines chapters which survey whole periods with others focused closely on individual texts as case studies.

The Oxford Handbook of the Protestant Reformations
The Oxford Handbook of the Protestant Reformations

Author: Ulinka Rublack

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 849

ISBN-13: 0199646929

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This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot add information about unpublished articles in this handbook, however the table of contents will continue to grow as additional articles pass through the review process and are added to the site. Please note that the online publication date for this handbook is the date that the first article in the title was published online

A Cultural History of Peace in the Age of Enlightenment
A Cultural History of Peace in the Age of Enlightenment

Author: Stella Ghervas

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2022-02-24

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 1350179809

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A Cultural History of Peace presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers over 2500 years of history, charting the evolving nature and role of peace throughout history. This volume, A Cultural History of Peace in the Enlightenment, explores peace in the period from 1648 to 1815. As with all the volumes in the illustrated Cultural History of Peace set, this volume presents essays on the meaning of peace, peace movements, maintaining peace, peace in relation to gender, religion and war and representations of peace. A Cultural History of Peace in the Enlightenment is the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on peace in the long eighteenth century.

The Reformation
The Reformation

Author: Pierre Berthoud

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2017-09-07

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1498235700

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The papers in this volume are less a commemoration of the Reformation than a discussion of its meaning in the era after 2017. What is celebrated in 2017 is not the Reformation as such, but the beginning of the Reformation. It was the dynamics of the "new" theology of Luther and Calvin that caused a radical change with global effects. Reformation is not just an historical event but an ongoing movement of renewal and change. The message of the Reformation constantly challenges us to think through positions, actions, attitudes, and programs. This book presents contributions from eleven experts from all over Europe, who deal with their various topics on the conviction that the essence of Luther's theology does not need to be adapted to make it relevant. The papers originated at the 2016 conference of the Fellowship of European Evangelical Theologians, which was held in Lutherstadt Wittenberg.

A Protestant Theology of Religious Pluralism
A Protestant Theology of Religious Pluralism

Author: Livingstone Thompson

Publisher: Peter Lang

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9783039118755

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In this book three main things have been accomplished. First, it locates the emergence of religious pluralism as a problem for Christian theology. Secondly, it shows the critical weaknesses in the approaches to pluralism that we find in the works of Gavin D'Costa, George Lindbeck and John Hick, all major players in the field of religious pluralism. Retrieving theological material from seventeenth-century Comenius and eighteenth-century Zinzendorf, the book shows that the Protestant tradition has suitable theological material that can better serve the development of a theology of religious pluralism. Thirdly, the book enters into dialogue with Islam and highlights exciting new approaches to addressing the issues of salvation, the Qur'an and Christology. One critical outcome of the book is that it breaks new ground in showing the limitations of liberation theology and proposes a fascinating, new, pluralism-sensitive hermeneutical approach to contextual theology.

Czech Women Philosophers and Scientists
Czech Women Philosophers and Scientists

Author: Zdeňka Jastrzembská

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-11-11

Total Pages: 123

ISBN-13: 3030615162

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This book examines the most important Czech women philosophers and scientists. It highlights the lives and achievements of a group that has often not received the recognition they deserve. Chapters provide a systematic description and critical evaluation of the impact these women had on the history of philosophy and science. After an opening chapter on the status of women philosophers and scientists in the period before 1820, the book explores the role women played in the 19th century rise of Czech culture (Czech National Revival). The following chapter then introduces the situation of Czech women philosophers and scientists in the 20th century. The authors base the material on analysis of key works and the characteristics of contemporary debates in which these women participated. The volume describes the complex conditions of women in Czech history in relation to the position of learned women in other European countries. The authors also emphasize their link to the historical background. This encompassing coverage helps provide readers with a richer understanding of these important women and the period in which they lived. Academicians and the general public alike will also learn about the political and social limitations these women faced and the influence of historical conditions on their work.