Philosophical Courses at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in the 17th-18th Centuries: What Kind of Philosophy Dominated Here?
On Wednesday, April 17, at 2:00 pm, the seminar of Dr. Mykola Symchych (researcher in Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv) will take place at the Centre for the History of Renaissance Knowledge, room 143 at the Staszic Palace.
During the seminar, held within the ‘Renaissance Mind’ cycle, Dr. Symchych will speak about “Philosophical Courses at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in the 17th-18th Centuries: What Kind of Philosophy Dominated Here?”.
The meeting will be hybrid, the zoom link will be available from Friday, April 12.
Below is the abstract of the presentation.
Philosophical Courses at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in the 17th-18th Centuries: What Kind of Philosophy Dominated Here?
The Kyiv-Mohyla Academy was established by the Kyivan Orthodox Metropolitan Petro Mohyla in 1632. It was the first institution of higher education in Orthodox Ukraine and played an important role in the development of academic philosophy here. Due to well-preserved manuscript sources, it is possible to determine what kind of philosophy dominated the Kyivan Academy in different periods. In the first period, Jesuit philosophy dominated: the courses influenced by Jesuit philosophers clearly prevailed from 1691 to 1743. In the second period, the second half of the 18th century, Wolfinian philosophy totally dominated. However, alongside these two dominant trends, there are also courses influenced by Thomism, Scotism, Aristotelian eclecticism and Cartesianism. The paper also focuses on determining the origin of the influence and the extent of its acceptance at the Kyivan Academy.
Abstract
Philosophical Courses at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in the 17th-18th Centuries: What Kind of Philosophy Dominated Here?
Mykola Symchych, PhD, a researcher in Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv)
The Kyiv-Mohyla Academy was established by the Kyivan Orthodox Metropolitan Petro Mohyla in 1632. It was the first institution of higher education in Orthodox Ukraine and played an important role in the development of academic philosophy here. Due to well-preserved manuscript sources, it is possible to determine what kind of philosophy dominated the Kyivan Academy in different periods. In the first period, Jesuit philosophy dominated: the courses influenced by Jesuit philosophers clearly prevailed from 1691 to 1743. In the second period, the second half of the 18th century, Wolfinian philosophy totally dominated. However, alongside these two dominant trends, there are also courses influenced by Thomism, Scotism, Aristotelian eclecticism and Cartesianism. The paper also focuses on determining the origin of the influence and the extent of its acceptance at the Kyivan Academy.
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