Karel Slavoj Amerling

Karel Slavoj Amerling, Karl Slavomil Amerling, pseudonym Slavoj Strnad Klatovský, ( born September 18, 1807 in Klatovy, † November 2, 1884 in Prague) was a Czech teacher, writer and philosopher.

Life

Born the child of a wealthy baker, he attended the Latin School in 1820 Klatovy, after two years he studied philosophy in Vienna. After his return, he worked for two years as an educator, then went to Prague to study medicine, but also took seminars in philosophy ( pantheism ) and theology.

From 1833 to 1837 he worked as an assistant professor in January Svatopluk Presl in the field of mineralogy and biology. He is responsible for the administration dropped the collections of the noble scientist Kaspar Maria von Sternberg, one of the founders of the Czech Museum. In 1836 he earned the title MUDr. And in the same year Secretary of Sternberg's, but had to retire shortly thereafter because of an illness that post again.

He went abroad and visited Switzerland, Austria, the coast of the Adriatic Sea and the Aegean Sea. He was returned to private doctor in Prague, but his main interest was education. He gathered like-minded people around who saw a need for trained youth in the burgeoning industrial revolution and advocated a reformation of the educational system. In 1840 he founded the educational institution Budeč and ran it from 1848 to 1868. The Institute for the training of educators themselves won a name of an exemplary Bohemian school, which should not only consult teachers and good company, but also educated teachers, mothers, wives and Hauswirtschaftlerinnen. In 1848 he also published his proposal for the reformation of the education system.

He was convinced that the training and education for all is possible and fought for the establishment of an institute for mentally disturbed teenagers. His dream came true, and he was able to open on Hradcany be Ernestinum, the first institute for the care and education of mentally retarded children in the Austrian monarchy. After his dismissal for political reasons, he was director of a mental hospital in 1870, which he headed until his death.

Work

Amerling founded a society for the Physiocrats, with whom he wanted to get closer to nature Scientific research and its results to the people. To this end, he has published numerous books and articles in newspapers and magazines.

He was a member of various organizations, including since 1867 the learned Academy Leopoldina, honorary member of the Association of Czech doctors, the Czech unit of the Silk Closer and KČSN. In theory, he focused especially the implementation of scientific knowledge in agriculture, but also psychological and psychiatric problems.

His physiocracy and natural economy is based on the saying of Francis Bacon, "Knowledge is power. " Unlike him, his work is not focused on the benefits and fundamental research. His understanding of nature is also based on his strong faith. He understands God as constantly working Creator, who created not only the force and matter, but also the soul that dwells in matter. Both the soul and matter, live in harmony, with the matter of the soul is.

He was delighted with the mathematics, which he saw to know the nature and of man as the key. In his works and essays he suppressed the discoveries and the evolution theory of Charles Darwin. He sees the Genesis as a creation and tries to interpret scientifically. Also ethically he was attached to the faith.

Works

Most of his works are pedagogical writings. He worshiped Comenius and held for a time for his successor. He emphasized especially Comenius ' principles of clarity and appropriateness of teaching.

Bibliography

  • Květomluva, 1833
  • Pratelum štěpařství, 1836
  • Knizka o hmyzech, 1836
  • Pojednání o Malbe, 1837
  • Promyslný posel, 1840, 1844
  • Přehlední tabule lučby minerální a stainless linné, 1840
  • Lučebné zkoumání na suché cestě, 1846
  • Nedelni listy per řemeslníky, 1947
  • Příruční Knizka per sběratele přírodnin, 1849
  • Jedovaté rostliny, 1850
  • Přírodnická průmyslnická zemězpytecká mapa Čech, 1850
  • Lučební základové hospodářství a řemeslnictví, 1851
  • Průmysl v Čechách, 1851
  • Přírodněna česká, 1851
  • Živočichové v obrazích, 1851
  • Rostliny v obrazích, 1852
  • Orbis pictus, 1852
  • Fauna a zvířena česká, 1852
  • Třicet dilen řemeslnických, 1857
  • Dvanáct měsíců v obrazích, 1859
  • Biology and harmonious system of nature, 1864
  • Collected Essays from the areas natural economy and the Physiocrats, 1868
  • Orientation doctrine or Diasophie, 1874
  • Esentialní, čili podstatné o vychování, 1875
  • The God of Christianity as a subject of strict scientific research, 1880
  • The Idiot Asylum of Sct. Anna Women's Association in Prague from years 1871-1883, 1883
  • Školy denní, týdenní a měsíční I-II 1885, 1886.

Anthologies

  • Dejiny první hlavní české školy a kursu učitelského, Otázky časové a rozpravy Pedagogické, 14, 1908
  • Výbor z korespondence in Pedagogické dědictví KAREL SLAVOJ AMERLING, 1960.
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