Bernard Bolzano-Pedagogue Essay -- Biography Biographies

Bernard Bolzano-PedagogueABSTRACT Bernard Bolzano (1781-1848), the famous logistician and mathematician, worked from 1805-1819 as a religious prof at the Prague University. His studies focused on three main themes (1) ethical education, including a rather liberal sexual education as well as the problems of the coexistence of Czechs and Germans in one country (with foresight into some of these matters before the germinate of extreme nationalism) (2) social problems, where he formulated for the initial time his social-utopian mickle of human society based on the fundamental equality of people, ideas ulterior gathered in his book, Von dem besten Staate and (3) philosophy and religion, of which his lectures concentrate on the social function(s) of the church service and the social mission of the priesthood. Because of his opinions, he was disqualified from his professorship, resulting in a church service investigation against him. He was unable to return to the university, denied the right to publish in Austria, and relegated to live out his life as a private question worker. Bolzanos fate is similar to that of another pedagogue from Bohemia-Jan Patocka. Bernard Bolzano (1781-1848), presently a logician and mathematician of international repute, worked from 1805-1819 as a theological professor at the Prague University. This office staff he received immediately after he ended his maths and theology studies. In this period he had already published his first scientific study Betrachtungen ber einige Gegenstnde der Elementargeometrie (A reflection on some elementary geometry questions), which was his nett dissertation study. In the study Lebensbeschreibung des Dr. B. Bolzano (Biography of Dr. B. Bolzano), he remembers, that it was not prospering to dec... ...he pseudonym Charles Seasfield or the painter during the Biedermaier period - Frantiek Tkadlk. He also gracious many less well-known teachers, priests, doctors and lawyers, who concentrated on spreadi ng civilization and improving the general public education.Mostly through Bolzano, the future schooling of Czech education has been influenced by the Enlightenment. We can say it through the manner of speaking of the Czech philosopher Jan Patoka, whose life and status as a professor was truly similar to Bolzanos Enlightenment, which does not only mean the intellectualism of man to things and the world, but the effort to save man from enslavement, confusion and lies everywhere, where the intellect can save them entirely, not to ridicule with the depths of human existence - it is a part of the Czech deal. (1) NotesJan Patoka Our national program. Prague 1990. p.9