Melanchthon

Orations on Philosophy and Education

By: Philipp Melanchthon, Melanchthon, Melanchthon Melanchthon

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Philip Melanchthon (1497-1560), 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, many of which are here translated into English for the first time. 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.

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Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chronology
Further reading
Note on the text
The Scope of Education
On the order of learning
On the role of schools
On the distinction between the Gospel and philosophy
The Arts Course
On the study of languages
Preface to Homer
On the usefulness of fables
Praise of eloquence
Preface to Cicero's On Duties
Preface to the Questions on Dialectics
Preface to arithmetic
Preface to geometry
Preface to On the Sphere
On astronomy and geography
The dignity of astrology
On philosophy
On natural philosophy
Dedicatory letter to the Epitome of Moral Philosophy
Preface to the Commentary on the Soul
Preface to the Book on the Soul
On anatomy
The Higher Faculties
On the merit of the art of medicine
On the merit of laws
On the merit of studying theology
Authorities
On Plato
On Aristotle
On the life of Galen
On the life of Avicenna
On the life of Rudolf Agricola
On Johannes Regiomontanus
On Erasmus of Rotterdam
At Luther's funeral
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