Melanchthon: Orations on Philosophy and Education (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521586771)

Philip Melanchthon (1497-1560), humanist and colleague of Martin Luther, is best known for his educational reforms, for which he earned the title Praeceptor Germaniae (the Teacher of Germany). His most influential form of philosophical writing was the academic oration, and this volume presents a large and wide-ranging selection of his orations and textbook prefaces, many of which are here translated into English for the first time. They address subjects as diverse as moral philosophy, astronomy and mathematics, and illuminate the relationship between Renaissance and Reformation thought.

Author: Melanchthon
ISBN-10: 0521586771
ISBN-13: 9780521586771
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/22/1999
Pages: 316
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.01w x 0.82d