The Concept of Panaugia according to Francesco Patrizi and John Amos Comenius
The Concept of Panaugia according to Francesco Patrizi and John Amos Comenius

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the question of the relation between Francesco Patriziand John Amos Comenius, especially in the regard to the metaphysics of light and its concept panaugia. It is without doubt that Comenius adopted the basic principles of his conceptionof the metaphysics of light from Patrizi. The light is crucial not only for the metaphysics of both authors; it also figures as a central part of their epistemological conceptions, whichare de facto identical. Although Patrizi and Comenius deal with the concept panaugia and understand the metaphysics of light in the same sense, they differ in their further handlingof it. While Patrizi focuses on the natural-philosophical aspect of panaugia, Comenius further elaborates the epistemological and panorthotical aspect of the metaphysics of light.

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