Review article
FRANCISCAN STUDY OF PHILOSOPHY IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Ivica Musić
orcid.org/0000-0002-8434-3742
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Mostar
Abstract
After a short review of more important events related to the history of the
Franciscan province Silver Bosnia the author analyzes more significant
regulations of the Franciscan legislature with regard to education which
enabled its strong development in the period after the Trident Council
and which had a strong influence on the organization and work of the
Franciscan educational institutions in these areas. The special emphasis
is on the regulations which referred to the study of philosophy, the purpose
of which was to prepare students for the quality study of theology. With
that goal the general Franciscan body of canons held in Rome in 1694
stipulated that philosophy must be taught at least three years and that
in its framework summulae (logica minor), logics (logica maior), physics,
metaphysics, science about soul, study about the emergence and decadence
of a matter and cosmology must be learned. The teaching content was
connected with the study of Ivan Duns Scotsman and Bonaventure. The
method was strictly scholastic. However, further reforms went in direction
of drawing closer the state and church university curricula. From the
regulations related to the study of philosophy in Silver Bosnia it is visible
that the provincial authorities were trying to implement the regulations
made by the general of order and, as much as possible, keep pace with
trends in the western educational institutions. When the circumstances
did not allow that, they sent their students to study abroad.
Keywords
Franciscans; Silver Bosnia; Herzegovina; regulations; education; philosophy; teaching content; scholastic method.
Hrčak ID:
230140
URI
Publication date:
17.12.2007.
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