Philosophia rationalis at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy: Vinnytsia, O.Vlasyuk, 2009. 239 p.

Authors

Mykola Symchych

Synopsis

In the monograph, for the first time in Ukrainian historical and philosophical science, a comprehensive comparative analysis of logic courses taught at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy at the end of the 17th - the first half of the 18th century was carried out. - during the Academy's heyday. Thanks to this analysis, the contemporary philosophical currents, which had a significant impact on the teaching of philosophy at KMA, were characterized, as well as the individual characteristics and differences in the views of individual Mogilian professors. It was studied how the professors prepared their courses and how they used the assets of their predecessors for this purpose. It was found that philosophy courses taught in Jesuit educational institutions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth had the greatest influence on the teaching of philosophy at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.
In addition to the analysis of the content of the courses, the work pays considerable attention to the attribution of manuscripts.
For historians of philosophy, historians of education and anyone interested in the history of Ukraine.

Published

July 3, 2009

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