Ignaz Cornova

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Ignaz Cornova (* July 25, 1740 in Prague ; † July 25, 1822 there ) was a priest of Italian origin in Bohemia , member of the Jesuit order , historian , educator , writer , enlightenment thinker and important Prague Freemason .

biography

Ignaz Cornova was a student at the Jesuit grammar school in Prague's old town . On October 27, 1756 he joined the Jesuit order and received further training in Brno . This was followed by study visits from 1759 to 1760 in Bresnitz and from 1760 to 1764 in Olomouc , where he studied philosophy and theology and devoted himself to research into old and new languages. In 1770 he was ordained a priest.

From 1762 he taught at the grammar school of the Jesuit order in Brno, interrupted his teaching activities from 1770 to 1771 because he was a preacher , taught from 1771 to 1773 as a grammar school professor (praes) in Komotau , where Franz Josef von Gerstner , a pioneer of railway construction , was his student, and became professor of poetry at the college in Klattau . After the abolition of the Jesuit order (1773-1814), initially until 1784 teacher at the Old Town High School in Prague and doctorate in philosophy. From 1784 to 1795 professor of general history at Charles University in Prague , 1790 dean of the philosophical faculty. The Royal Bohemian Society of Sciences accepted him as a member in 1791.

After 1795 Ignaz Cornova worked as a private teacher and educator, wrote lyrical poems in the style of Klopstock (1724-1803). As a Freemason, he was accepted into the lodge “To the three crowned pillars” in Prague in 1776 .

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His main historical work is the new edition and continuation of Paul Stransky's Res publica Boiemorum and its translation into the German language, to which he added numerous notes. He wrote u. a. a monograph on the life of Bohuslaus Lobkowicz von Hassenstein . Of the philosophical writings, his handwritten lecture texts on the methodology of history at the University of Prague have been preserved.

Ignaz Cornova was influenced by Voltaire ; but he already knew Johann Gottfried Herder , who influenced his view of the role of the Slavic nations. He saw the historical development in the sense of the Enlightenment , on the one hand as a consequence of historical events, on the other hand he attributed it to the natural laws of human development. He recognized that the well-being and existence of a state depends on the well-being of its citizens and their understanding of morality .

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  • Directory s. PB Phil. Weiss, 76 ff.
  • Speech at the inauguration of the von our transfigured. Mother of the country donated to the orphan institute of St. John the Baptist. 1781.
  • When the hope of Bohemia to see Father Joseph disappeared. 1782.
  • To Bohemia's young citizens. 1783.
  • Prayer book for Freemasons , Prague, Taussig & Taussig (1928), Prague 1784 (Fasc. Edition).
  • About the most important church punishment, excommunication. 1785.
  • Oratio funebris. 1778.
  • History of the Orphan Institute for St. John the Baptist in Prague. 1785.
  • Brief overview of the strangest revolts in Bohemia and their consequences. 1793.
  • Letters to a Little Lover of Patriotic History I – III. 1796-97.
  • Conversations with young friends from the history of the Fatherland I – IV. 1779-1804.
  • The festival of love for princes (theater play). 1800.
  • Life of Joseph the Second. 1801.
  • Paul Stránský, Res publica Bojema (The State of Bohemia), translated, corrected and supplemented, 7 volumes 1792–1803.
  • O metodologii historiografie (manuscripts of his lectures). (1793-95).
  • The Jesuits as high school teachers. 1804.
  • The hereditary brotherhood of the houses of Bohemian Lützelburg and Austria-Habsburg. 1805.
  • Jaroslav von Sternberg, the victor of the Tartars. 1813.
  • The essentials of ancient history for young readers I – VIII. 1814-15.
  • Life story of Johann Karl Count Krakowsky von Kolowrat. 1818.
  • O výchově sirotků zednářských. 1923.
  • The great Bohemian Bohuslaus Lobkowicz von Hassenstein, Treatises of the Royal Bohemian Society of Sciences. 1808.

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personal data
SURNAME Cornova, Ignaz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian priest, historian, educator and poet
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1740
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH July 25, 1822
Place of death Prague