The Natural Philosophy of Johannes Amos Comenius and His Followers in the Context of Early Modern Mosaic Physics

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The Natural Philosophy of Johannes Amos Comenius and His Followers in the Context of Early Modern Mosaic Physics

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

From the earliest histories of philosophy (Johann Franz Buddeus, Johann Jakob Brucker) to twentieth-century scholarly research (Jaromír Červenka, Ann Blair), the work of Johannes Amos Comenius, especially his Physicae synopsis (1633) with its later Addenda (1663), has been understood as the culmination of so-called Mosaic physics, a remarkable endeavour of early modern natural philosophy. Comenius’ conception was characterized as both the most elaborate and the most successful, even if compared with his alleged predecessors. In this paper I examine this evaluation. It is evident that Comenius denies the main principles laid down by the first generation of Mosaic natural philosophers (e.g. Lambert Daneau, Otto Casmann, and Kort Aslakssøn), namely their emphasis on the significance of the Bible as the most reliable source of natural-philosophical knowledge (overshadowing reason and the senses), the necessity of reading it literally, and the facticity of the world’s creation out of nothing within six actual days. For this reason, the fundamental works of the aforementioned philosophers will be introduced and compared with Comenius’ texts to facilitate a proper grasping of Comenius’ place in the tradition of Mosaic physics. Finally, the texts written by Johannes Bayer and Johannes Sophronius Kozák, Comenius’ direct followers in the field of natural philosophy, will be studied as well.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The Natural Philosophy of Johannes Amos Comenius and His Followers in the Context of Early Modern Mosaic Physics

Popis výsledku anglicky

From the earliest histories of philosophy (Johann Franz Buddeus, Johann Jakob Brucker) to twentieth-century scholarly research (Jaromír Červenka, Ann Blair), the work of Johannes Amos Comenius, especially his Physicae synopsis (1633) with its later Addenda (1663), has been understood as the culmination of so-called Mosaic physics, a remarkable endeavour of early modern natural philosophy. Comenius’ conception was characterized as both the most elaborate and the most successful, even if compared with his alleged predecessors. In this paper I examine this evaluation. It is evident that Comenius denies the main principles laid down by the first generation of Mosaic natural philosophers (e.g. Lambert Daneau, Otto Casmann, and Kort Aslakssøn), namely their emphasis on the significance of the Bible as the most reliable source of natural-philosophical knowledge (overshadowing reason and the senses), the necessity of reading it literally, and the facticity of the world’s creation out of nothing within six actual days. For this reason, the fundamental works of the aforementioned philosophers will be introduced and compared with Comenius’ texts to facilitate a proper grasping of Comenius’ place in the tradition of Mosaic physics. Finally, the texts written by Johannes Bayer and Johannes Sophronius Kozák, Comenius’ direct followers in the field of natural philosophy, will be studied as well.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA22-00669S" target="_blank" >GA22-00669S: Raně novověká mosaická fyzika a její komeniánští pokračovatelé</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Acta Comeniana

ISSN

0231-5955

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

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Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

37

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

18

Strana od-do

9-26

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105017284806