RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Pelc, Vojtěch
T1 Neostoicismus v českých zemích: možnosti zkoumání recepce Justa Lipsia
JF Aither
YR 2025
VO 17
IS 1
SP 72
OP 105
DO 10.5507/aither.2025.007
UL https://aither.upol.cz/artkey/ath-202501-0003.php
AB The article summarises the current state of knowledge concerning the reception of the neo-Stoic philosophy of the Flemish humanist Justus Lipsius in the Czech lands during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It identifies previously unused sources and outlines guidelines for future in-depth research into this phenomenon. The study offers a theoretical reflection on different modes of reception and evaluates the potential of various types of evidence, including correspondence, annotated copies of Lipsius's seminal dialogue De constantia (1584) found in bourgeois, ecclesiastical, and aristocratic libraries, the Czech translation of Lipsius's work by Kryštof Mathebaeus Bohdanecký, the use of Lipsian theses in disputations at the University of Prague, and the direct inspiration drawn from Lipsius by Mikuláš Troilus, Caspar Ambrosius, Jan Amos Comenius, and Bohuslav Balbín. The principal aim of the article is to review existing knowledge about Lipsius's reception in the Czech milieu and to propose methodological approaches for its further investigation.