Melanchthon: Orations on Philosophy and EducationPhilip 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 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. |
Contents
On the order of learning | 3 |
On the rôle of the schools | 9 |
On the distinction between the Gospel and philosophy | 23 |
The arts course | 27 |
On the study of languages | 29 |
Preface to Homer | 38 |
On the usefulness of fables | 54 |
Praise of eloquence | 60 |
Dedicatory letter to the Epitome of Moral Philosophy | 139 |
Preface to the Commentary on the Soul | 144 |
Preface to the Book on the Soul | 152 |
On anatomy | 158 |
The higher faculties | 167 |
On the merit of the art of medicine | 169 |
On the merit of laws | 175 |
On the merit of studying theology | 182 |
Preface to Ciceros On Duties | 79 |
Dedicatory letter to the Questions on Dialectics | 84 |
Preface to arithemetic | 90 |
Preface to geometry | 98 |
Preface to On the Sphere | 105 |
On astronomy and geography | 113 |
The dignity of astrology | 120 |
On philosophy | 126 |
On natural philosophy | 133 |
Authorities | 189 |
On Plato | 191 |
On Aristotle | 204 |
On the life of Galen | 212 |
On the life of Avicenna | 220 |
On the life of Rudolf Agricola | 227 |
On Johannes Regiomontanus | 236 |
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