Encyclopaedia Cursus Philosophici

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The Encyclopaedia Cursus Philosophici is an encyclopedia by Johann Heinrich Alsted ( 1588 - 1638 ).

"Encyclopaedia" by Johann Heinrich Alsted (Herborn 1630)

Johann Heinrich Alsted published the Encyclopaedia Cursus Philosophici in seven volumes in Herborn in 1630 (or 1608 or 1620 [?]) . This work is often said to be among the first to be titled Encyclopedia . Joachim Sterck van Ringelbergh published Lucubrationes vel potius absolutissima kyklopaideia as early as 1541 (1529 [?]) , Paul Scalich in 1559 the Encyclopaedia seu orbis disciplinarum tam sacrarum quam prophanarum epistemon.

Alsted's system of order in the Encyclopaedia draws on the idea of ​​a field of all possible knowledge ( Topica universalis ) formulated by Ramon Llull in 1308 in the Ars magna and Lull's method of systematizing the sciences. The system uses the following features:

  • generalis - specialis;
  • finis - medium;
  • internus - externus;
  • communis - proprius;
  • quantum ad locum - ad conditionem ad aetatem;
  • preparatorius - elaboratorius.

Alsted's encyclopedic and holistic approach, for example, also had a lasting influence on the pedagogue Comenius and the Hungarian encyclopedist Apáczai Csere János ( 1625 - 1659 ); Alsted conveyed the idea to them that with suitable didactics and methodology (with the “right” way of teaching and learning ) one could teach everyone everything to know.

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