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Melanchthon: Orations on Philosophy and Education

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    9780521583503

  • ISBN10:

    0521583500

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-05-13
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Summary

Philip Melanchthon (14971560), 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 translated into English. They set out his views on the distinction between faith and reason, the role of philosophy in education, moral philosophy, natural philosophy, astronomy and astrology, and the importance of philosophy to a true Christian, as well as his views on Classical philosophical authorities such as Plato and Aristotle and on contemporaries such as Erasmus and Luther. Powerfully influential in their time, inspiring many Protestant students to study philosophy, mathematics and natural philosophy, they illuminate the relationship between Renaissance and Reformation thought.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ix
Introduction xi
Chronology xxxii
Further reading xxxiv
Note on the text xxxviii
The scope of education 1(26)
On the order of learning
3(6)
On the role of the schools
9(14)
On the distinction between the Gospel and philosophy
23(4)
The arts course 27(140)
On the study of languages
29(9)
Preface to Homer
38(16)
On the usefulness of fables
54(6)
Praise of eloquence
60(19)
Preface to Cicero's On Duties
79(5)
Dedicatory letter to the Questions on Dialectics
84(6)
Preface to arithemetic
90(8)
Preface to geometry
98(7)
Preface to On the Sphere
105(8)
On astronomy and geography
113(7)
The dignity of astrology
120(6)
On philosophy
126(7)
On natural philosophy
133(6)
Dedicatory letter to the Epitome of Moral Philosophy
139(5)
Preface to the Commentary on the Soul
144(8)
Preface to the Book on the Soul
152(6)
On anatomy
158(9)
The higher faculties 167(22)
On the merit of the art of medicine
169(6)
On the merit of laws
175(7)
On the merit of studying theology
182(7)
Authorities 189(76)
On Plato
191(13)
On Aristotle
204(8)
On the life of Galen
212(8)
On the life of Avicenna
220(7)
On the life of Rudolf Agricola
227(9)
On Johannes Regiomontanus
236(12)
On Erasmus of Rotterdam
248(8)
At Luther's funeral
256(9)
Index 265

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