Pansophism

The pansophy (Latin for " Pansophia ": " omniscience " from Greek pan: all, all, every; Greek sophia: wisdom ) denotes a religious- philosophical doctrine of the 16th to the 18th century for an all-inclusive knowledge, a Summary of all sciences and a global scholars and peace Reich was looking for.

As the founder of the Jan Amos Comenius Pansophismus applies (1592-1670), the pansophiae in his writings Prodomus (Oxford, 1637, in: Porta sapientiae Reserata immersive pansophiae christianae seminarium ) - German: An open door to knowledge or seminar Christian pansophy - and Schola pansophiae (1670 ) an overall view of all sciences propagated to a total science. This should be accomplished to achieve a union of the knowledge of alchemy and magic with divine wisdom. Herein, builds on the doctrine of the emanation of antiquity.

Comenius also used the term Pantaxia. His doctrine of pansophy divided into eight world-systems:

With his writing Prodomus Pansophia he introduced the concept of a pansophy in philosophy. He first used the term in 1633 in an introduction to philosophy. He saw it as dangerous and impractical to separate faith from knowledge. His approach to pansophy divided into 5 steps:

Comenius also specifies a list of the epistemological, methodological and linguistic reasons why a pansophy has been unable to assert themselves and stood in her way:

The system of Sciences of the pansophy would consist of a harmonious union of all worlds ( orbis ) of reality, of knowledge and of language arise.

Paracelsus is considered for Germany as the founder of the local pansophy.