Browsing by Author "Somr, Miroslav"

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    Apolitical politics and political reality (Masaryk‘s humanity of historical moment)
    (Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM, 2012) Hrušková, Lenka; Somr, Miroslav
    Humanist Masaryk made every effort to persuade heads and hearts; he created an image of a citizen and civil society by philosophy of humanity and apolitical politics. Masaryk‘s apolitical politics interfered with the political reality and economic instability of the state built in the spirit of democratic humanism.
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    Comenius’ Ethical Visions of the Improvement of Human Things
    (Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM, 2015) Somr, Miroslav; Pavličiková, Helena
    The paradox about the Reformation is that, rather than consolidating European Christendom, it contributed to deepening the rifts between Catholics and Protestants as well as Lutherans and Calvinists, bringing about religious and civil strife. Comenius got involved in the antagonistic circumstances through his political philosophy, aspiring to weeding out the causes of hatred and mutual disagreement. This abiding endeavour of his achieved prominence in Panorthosia (Universal Improvement), which renders his best vision of permanent reconciliation resting upon educational, religious and civil reforms. Comenius’ ethical pursuit of improving human matters is rooted in his philosophical thought regarding man as an individual whose purpose in this world is to be humane: wise, moral and pious.
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    Exile on the Paths of Hope
    (Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM, 2013) Somr, Miroslav
    Comenius called Poland his second motherland. Rightfully so. He was connected to the Polish reality not only through the long period of life he spent there but also through his thinking activity, when he was occupied between the years 1628–1656 that he (intermittently) lived in Poland with efforts to improve the circumstances into which his home country was plunged due to the counter- Reformation oppression that followed the catastrophe in the wake of the White Mountain battle defeat.
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    G.W.F. Hegel – education as a moment of historical reality
    (Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM, 2013) Somr, Miroslav
    The question regarding the educational work of G.W.F. Hegel may appear absurd to the defenders of the philosophical purity of his thought. However, generally speaking, it could be asserted that every philosophical system does include a theory of education. The present paper elaborates the assumption that there is an educational signifi cance inherent in Hegel’s philosophy and that the concept of education is contained in his Phenomenology of Spirit.
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    Herbart’s Philosophy of Pedagogy and Educational Teaching
    (Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM, 2014) Somr, Miroslav; Hruškova, Lenka
    Herbart’s scientific educational theory pointed to the fact that the application of pedagogical ideas in educational practices would brought a guaranteed outcome with a regular, mathematical precision. Herbart he was personally aware that this system contains the danger of formalism and unilateral intellectualism and therefore he endeavored, in theory, to overcome the concept of educational learning. This emphasis, however, was neglected by his pupils and followers.