Christoph Clavius' ``Ordo servandus in addiscendis disciplinis mathematicis'' and the teaching of mathematics in Jesuit Colleges at the beginning of the modern era (Q2432650)
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| English | Christoph Clavius' ``Ordo servandus in addiscendis disciplinis mathematicis'' and the teaching of mathematics in Jesuit Colleges at the beginning of the modern era |
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Christoph Clavius' ``Ordo servandus in addiscendis disciplinis mathematicis'' and the teaching of mathematics in Jesuit Colleges at the beginning of the modern era (English)
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25 October 2006
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The author discusses Clavius' crucial role in the fight against the Aristotelian view that mathematics was inferior to natural philosophy. In the end the Company accepted mathematics as a central subject in the Jesuit colleges. The paper contains the text of the \textit{Ordo Servandus in Addiscendis Disciplinis Mathematicis}, written by Clavius.
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