Programska knjižica - Hrvatsko filozofsko društvo

If we accept that Comenius was strongly influenced by Patricius, we ought
to establish when exactly Comenius encountered Patricius’ views. The question
is the more topical considering that an indirect reference to Patricius’ work can
be found in Comenius’ treatise Conatuum pansophicorum dilucidatio, written
several years before he travelled to London where, according to the present
opinion of the historians of philosophy, he became familiar with the contents
of Nova de universis philosophia.
Apparently, Johann Heinrich Alsted, Comenius’ teacher in Herborn, may
rightly be considered the mediator of Patricius’ work. In view of the analysis
of Alsted’s explicit references to Franciscus Patricius as well as of the comparison
of the theoretical contents of the writings of both authors, the assumed
intermediary role of Alsted in the Patricius-Comenius relationship turned out
to be highly improbable: Alsted’s interest is focused primarily on angelological,
geographical or cosmological problems, whereas Comenius primarily
draws on Patricius’ metaphysical and epistemological conceptions that are not
represented in the works of the Herborn encyclopaedist. So the question of
how Comenius encountered the philosophical views of Patricius remains to
be answered.
Key words: Franciscus Patricius, Johann Heinrich Alsted, Jan Amos Comenius; the
metaphysics of light, panaugia, triadism, encyclopaedism
JOHANN HEINRICH ALSTED I JAN AMOS KOMENSKÝ:
DVA SLUČAJA PETRIĆEVE RECEPCIJE
U NOVOVJEKOVNOJ SREDNJOJ EUROPI
Rad istražuje pitanje recepcije Frane Petrića i njegova filozofskoga djela u
novovjekovnoj Srednjoj Europi, posebice u dvama slučajevima – djelima Jana
Amosa Komenskoga i njegova učitelja Johanna Heinricha Alsteda. Na temelju
usporedbe Petrićeve Nove sveopće filozofije (1591) i De rerum humanarum
emendatione consultatio catholica Komenskoga, već sam ranije utvrdio (Čížek
2010) da djelo Komenskoga nalikuje Petrićevu u mnogim aspektima, što
pokazuje očigledan utjecaj hrvatskoga mislioca.
Prvo i najprije, metafiziku svjetla i njezin središnji pojam panaugia Komenský
nedvojbeno preuzima od Petrića, a prihvaćanje toga pojma dalje utječe
ne njegovu metodologiju, u kojoj svjetlost nastupa kao temeljno počelo. Učinak
Petrićeve filozofije može se uočiti i u terminologiji Komenskoga. Ne samo
da Komenský prihvaća niz Petrićevih nazivaka iz filozofije i prirodne filozofije,
nego on od Petrića posuđuje grčki prefiks pan-, koji igra nenadomjestivu
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