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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, first published in 1999, presents a large and wide-ranging selection of his orations and textbook prefaces translated into English. 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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Book category Books in English Humanities Philosophy History of Western philosophy

• Full title: Melanchthon: Orations on Philosophy and Education
• Author: MelanchthonSachiko KusukawaChristine F. Salazar
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 314
• EAN: 9780521583503
• ISBN: 0521583500
• ID: 02036211
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 62 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 19 mm
• Date of publishing: 22. April 1999

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