Eduard Bruna

Eduard Bruna (born August 27, 1822 in Prague , † 1899 ) was a Bohemian historian.

Life

The son of an officer attended grammar school on Prague's Lesser Town , then Charles University , where he wrote his doctoral thesis in philosophy in 1845. He taught physical and mathematical geography at the university and was appointed professor at the Lyceum in New Town of Prague . Since 1848 he has lectured on Czech history at Prague University, was a member of the doctoral college from 1859 to 1860, and dean from 1867 to 1868.

Works

In 1849 he wrote the history of Bohemia, in which he presented the history of the country from the time before Christ to 1848.

Teaching

As a representative of the philosophical teaching of Augustin Smetana , he was convinced that human history is subject to laws. For the history of Bohemia , in his view, it was the constant encounter between the Czechs and Germans from which the Czech people emerged victorious. This enriches the history of the world with love, social freedom. He continued the thoughts of Johann Gottfried Herder and František Palacký , in which the peace-loving Slavs and combative Germanic peoples face each other.

In this sense, he highlighted the parts of Bohemian history in which the Czechs had the upper hand in their own country and thereby brought about the synthesis of Slavic and Germanic cultures. This should bring national and political freedom to the Czech nation. He called for Germans and Czechs to live together peacefully on the territory of Bohemia.

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• Eduard Bruna (Czech)