The Metaphor of Harmony in Early Modern Knowledge Organisation. Comenius’ Pansophy Caught between Aesthetics and Mechanics

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.46854/fc.2025.1s.56" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.46854/fc.2025.1s.56</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.46854/fc.2025.1s.56" target="_blank" >10.46854/fc.2025.1s.56</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The Metaphor of Harmony in Early Modern Knowledge Organisation. Comenius’ Pansophy Caught between Aesthetics and Mechanics

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Johann Amos Comenius is often regarded as a “thinker of harmony.” He systematically implemented the metaphor of harmony into his epistemological framework to articulate the natural “consonance” of all things, emulate the divine order, and regulate the coherence of contemporary knowledge. This “complex” metaphor, rich with musical, mechanical, mathematical, and cosmological connotations reflects his advanced intellectual inclination toward order and exposes the key sources shaping his conceptual thought. This study explores how Comenius uses this conventional metaphor within an innovative framework, introducing it into the domain of knowledge organisation. It integrates both semantic and cognitive approaches to metaphor analysis. From a semantic standpoint, it conceptualizes harmony as a multifaceted metaphor that drew on a variety of source domains during the early modern period, incorporating not only musical elements but also rich mechanical connotations. From the perspective of cognitive theory, this study examines how Comenius uses this metaphor to articulate his epistemological ideas on the syncretic structure of knowledge. By utilising digital tools developed within the TOME project, Comenius’ use of the harmony metaphor is situated within the broader context of early modern scholarly discourse.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The Metaphor of Harmony in Early Modern Knowledge Organisation. Comenius’ Pansophy Caught between Aesthetics and Mechanics

Popis výsledku anglicky

Johann Amos Comenius is often regarded as a “thinker of harmony.” He systematically implemented the metaphor of harmony into his epistemological framework to articulate the natural “consonance” of all things, emulate the divine order, and regulate the coherence of contemporary knowledge. This “complex” metaphor, rich with musical, mechanical, mathematical, and cosmological connotations reflects his advanced intellectual inclination toward order and exposes the key sources shaping his conceptual thought. This study explores how Comenius uses this conventional metaphor within an innovative framework, introducing it into the domain of knowledge organisation. It integrates both semantic and cognitive approaches to metaphor analysis. From a semantic standpoint, it conceptualizes harmony as a multifaceted metaphor that drew on a variety of source domains during the early modern period, incorporating not only musical elements but also rich mechanical connotations. From the perspective of cognitive theory, this study examines how Comenius uses this metaphor to articulate his epistemological ideas on the syncretic structure of knowledge. By utilising digital tools developed within the TOME project, Comenius’ use of the harmony metaphor is situated within the broader context of early modern scholarly discourse.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/LL2320" target="_blank" >LL2320: Počátky novověkého encyklopedismu: Spuštění evoluční metaforologie</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Filosofický časopis

ISSN

0015-1831

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

—

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

29

Strana od-do

56-84

Kód UT WoS článku

001651309100004

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105030212145