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. |
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... Duties 9 Dedicatory letter to the Questions on Dialectics 10 Preface to arithemetic 79 84 90 98 II Preface to geometry 12 Preface to On the Sphere 13 On astronomy and geography 14 The dignity of astrology 15 On philosophy 105 113 120 ...
... Duties 9 Dedicatory letter to the Questions on Dialectics 10 Preface to arithemetic 79 84 90 98 II Preface to geometry 12 Preface to On the Sphere 13 On astronomy and geography 14 The dignity of astrology 15 On philosophy 105 113 120 ...
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