Vir non vulgari eloquentia: Joachim Hübner’s Elegance of Expression
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angličtina
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Vir non vulgari eloquentia: Joachim Hübner’s Elegance of Expression
Original language description
This paper discusses the Latin style of Joachim Hübner (1611–1666), an important member of the Hartlib circle whom his colleagues valued for his elegance of expression in Latin. Only his letters have survived, among which the 1638–1640 Latin correspondence with Johannes Amos Comenius excels in length and refinement. It appears that in order to achieve such elegance of expression, not only did Hübner use rhetorical devices such as elaborate metaphors and syntax, but that he also employed advanced vocabulary (e.g., expressive, technical, rare and Greek words) which he would hardly have encountered in the usual school curriculum. Careful analysis of Hübner’s vocabulary has revealed his sources: besides a thorough knowledge of Cicero’s phraseology, Hübner knew Erasmus’s Adagia in detail and it is also apparent that he was particularly skilled in the language that was fashionable in contemporary learned correspondence. However, due to Hübner’s tendency to overuse rhetorical devices and unusual vocabulary, his style is ostentatious and at times complex to the point of obscurity.
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J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
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OECD FORD branch
60202 - Specific languages
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Project
<a href="/en/project/GB14-37038G" target="_blank" >GB14-37038G: Between Renaissance and Baroque: Philosophy and Knowledge in the Czech Lands within the Wider European Context</a><br>
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I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Name of the periodical
Acta Comeniana
ISSN
0231-5955
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Volume of the periodical
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Issue of the periodical within the volume
34/58
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
49-64
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85133259101