CONTRIBUȚIILE ȘTIINȚIFICE ALE LUI BOGDAN PETRICEICU HASDEU ÎN CULTURA ROMÂNĂ
The scientifical contributions of Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu to the Romanian culture

Summary/Abstract: This paper tries to illustrate the value that B. P. Hasdeu had in the Romanian culture throughout the XIXth century, along with a short exposition of his actual theoretical linguistics contributions. Most of the aspects discussed in the article have usually been seen from a political point of view, and almost never from a philosophical or scientific perspective. Some aspects – like his ethnological questionaries – were omitted, as they were already discussed in other works, already well-known by now. But the actual scientific contributions that he had in our culture, his firm position on the latin origin of our language and his principle of the circulation of words deserve a more relevant place in the study of contemporary Romanian philosophy and linguistics. Today, Hasdeu is widely recognized as one of the founders of folklore in Romania, but we have tried – through our small efforts and a modest research – to show that his real interests, as well as his real contributions lie elsewhere, without trying to diminish the importance of his ethnological ideas. In fact, Hasdeu was an encyclopedist, and he should be taken as such.

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